Things You Don't Regret

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I don't regret skipping a chance to go to college vs moving away from my parents. Living on my own allowed me to find my true self, and if I'd gone to college, I never would have run into the man who has become the love of my life. We knew each other in high school, but he was dating one of our mutual friends, and I was single and was worried that I might stay that way for some time. We found each other again by chance(fate?) about a year after we graduated and he and my friend had broken up.

By skipping college, I was able to get out from under my controlling step-dad, and I learned to stand on my own. I've had some very hard times, (going through one now) but I've never felt that staying at home would have been better.

I also don't regret giving up my daughter for adoption, because not only did she go to some very good friends who have been the best parents I could ask for to her, but I know I would not have made a good mother to her, and that it was for the best. I'm proud of the person she is growing up to be- talented, smart, fun-loving, and beautiful- and I am glad that she has opportunities and experiences I never could have given her.