Mona Bennett
I have always wanted to go to school to be in the Medical field, but as time changed my life did to. I started my college education after I had three children. I was 29-years-old when I started college. The younger students accepted me as one of them and soon my self-esteem was brought up and I felt really good about myself and my newfound challenges in life.
I was no longer just a mother of three children but a student on a mission.
Time changed and my husband at the time did not provide the support I needed to excel, so I dropped out of college and got divorced. Being a single mother, I had to work all the time to provide for my family.
College seemed to be so far away for me. But now I have returned slowly over time as a college student, one reason my oldest daughter is now a junior at a college, my middle daughter will be graduating high school this year and attending college in the fall. So, we have made it a game that I will be graduating college when all my children graduate.
They are very supportive of me returning and always push the issue, but time once again has caught up with me.
I am working full-time, finished all my core classes for Medical Lab Tech, and also Radiology. I am though finding it harder and harder to return do to finances. I was so excited when I finished my core classes because I knew I was almost there.
I am now tossing the decision of returning to school or just continue working. I am scared mostly because I have grown very dependent on my job. I need to support my children more so now with them continuing their education, but I would really love to show them that having an education and degree can bring a little financial freedom in the end and how important it is.
Thank you for your time.
Mona Lisa Bennett