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Lessons From My Mother

May 13, 2012 Breadwinner Confessions

My mom is…my mom. Her name is Jane Marie. And I was named after her – Monaica Marie. This is us when I was probably four or five years old and she was probably twenty-three. Isn't she beautiful? It's been my mother who has taught me to hold my head up. "Be like Jackie," she'd say. "Jackie [...]

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Breadwinner Confession – It Ain’t Easy

April 29, 2011 Breadwinner Confessions

Coming to terms with the fact that I was the major provider for our family was not the easiest thing I’ve ever done.  Far from it, for sure. Where I come from… Mommies work. Daddies work longer and harder. Mommies cook. Daddies eat. Mommies clean. Daddies tinker and smoke pipes. Mommies take care of the [...]

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