I worked as a night shift janitor at the school 11pm to 7 am. Got free tuition out of it. I never slept. Finished in 4 years. I did summer school to make up the 1 match class i was behind.
It was damn hard going back to school after 7 years, but i had prep school for a foundation and a former job for a septic tank company to motivate me not to fail.
Wow! did you ever meet anyone who had to sacrifice like you? Well, here I am. I worked 40 hours a week as a waitress, raised 3 kids as a single mom and graduated in 5 years. I get really ticked off when I hear women say, they have no options - bull s***. I used the system as it was designed. Amazing, hey???? I'm not extremely intelligent, but I'll tell you what, if I can get an engineering degree, anyone can. It was 80% determination, 20% learning. It was harder moviting myself than the actual studying. I get really ticked off when I hear how opressed women are. Hell, I was one of those women left by her man. I did it with 3 kids. I didn't give into to the 'easy' life of welfare. And I'll tell you, it's my most proudest accomplishment, graduating on Mother's day and all, with a REAL engineering degree. I don't need to tell you how thrilling that day was!
Your family is beautiful!