I often thought about how life would have been different if I had gone on to graduate with my class and then went to college. I thought about those friends from school who were able to do just that, and how much I missed them. Most of those friends I never saw again once I became a parent. When I turned nineteen I had my third child and got married, I took a two year break and had my fourth child at the age of twenty-two, and I was in my second marriage. At that point I realized that raising four young children was a demanding job, and I also realized that without a college degree under my belt, finding a career was an even bigger challenge. So, I looked at it as a life-long learning experience and thought my chances of being able to pursue my dream of a college degree would never come true. That's when I turned my attention to my children's education, I wasn't going to let them miss that opportunity to