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Obstacles in my life....Hmmmm. where to begin. I have endured a lot of those, even though I am only 28 years old. I would say I have endured as much as as a 60 year old. But I do not want sympathy from anybody. I was molested at 9 yrs old by my grandfather, i did tell my parents, and of course there was a halt to that. A few years later, when I was 16, I was raped in Virginia while staying with my grandparents. He got away with it, because in VA> if the guy says its mutual it is. But, what ever. After that my parents let me get a breast reduction at 16 yrs old. I was a triple DF, i had seven and a half lbs. taken off. I had scars, I was with the same B/F from 15- 26. So he was there for me, I married him at 19. After that he became abusive, and I dealt with it. He basically brain washed me. He told me on a daily basis that I was a piece of shi*, and I was mental, because I suffered from depression. Finally after 7 years of marriage, I acquired balls, and I left. It was the best move I have ever made.

I met someone else, and I got pregnant two months into a relationship. I stayed with him due to the fact that we were having a baby. After a while I realized it just was not going to work. But we did have a son together. I tried for as long as I could, but it just was not going to work, because he was to self absorbed, and thought pennies would fall from the sky, and he did not support the fact that i wanted to go to school. So, after I left, I enrolled into medical school, and now I only have 2 months left to become a medical assistant. I am proud of who I became, and my abilities.
I have had a friend since last Oct. who I knew had a crush on me, but I was not yet ready to get into another relationship. So I put if off. One night we spent many hours just talking, and I realized, O my God, he is so for me. But, I gave it some time before I said it had a title between us. And after a while I realized for the first time in my life,I was in love.
I have faced many things, even things I did not mention, and he makes me forget it all.
He is the most awesome person I have ever come into contact with. He excepts me for who I am, and my son, and I am just so happy he excepts us. And we were friends for so long that he knew my flaws, and still wanted me in his life.
Now, we are getting our own place, my son adores us both, I carry a 3.0 GPA, and i adore school. And things have looked up. I have come to the conclusion that I can do what I put my mind to, and I am better than I was told I was for a long time. I love who I am, and I adore my son, and I will make a life for us. We can over come anything.

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