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Personal Narrative: 28-Year-Old Single Father

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I am a 28-year-old single mother of a three and four-year-old. I made an executive decision in my life to leave their father when I was 6 months pregnant with my daughter. I decided to leave because I was looking at my life from the time we met till that moment and I realized I was not living up to my full potential with him as a partner, in fact, I was not doing much of anything except taking care of our child, working, and paying all of the bills. When I left him, I decided to go for my dream, and I had done just that. I graduated from school and became a counselor, I work full time, go to school full time, and take care of my children full time. Their Dad gets them every other weekend. To the purpose of this letter… I have been single

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