Since I am single, I have had some difficult times because I have always wanted to be married. It was hard seeing my friends or relatives getting married and having children, and me still being single, but I learned to cope with my life. I continued to pursue what I wanted to do in life, which was to become a full-time freelance writer and to work at home.
Because it takes time to build up a freelance writing business, I had to pursue other types of work. I first went to college and struggled a lot, but I finally got my first degree in Human Development and Family Life from Kansas University.
I moved back to Topeka and had a day care for 10 years in my home that I bought, but I lost my home because of my financial struggles, so I had to move home with my parents. My confidence started dropping again, but I continued to press onward to do something. I became an emergency substitute teacher and worked toward a BA Degree in English with a writing emphasis at Washburn University. However, during that time, my mother became seriously ill, so I spent most of my time as her caregiver until she passed away, which was the week I graduated from Washburn.
Then, I became my father’s caregiver, and he became seriously ill and passed away in 2005. Even though I was depressed about having to move back home, I saw why that happened in my life. I was to be my parent’s caregivers, and live in the home where I grew up.
During my father’s illness in 2002, I continued my freelance writing, but I also became an online tutor. I enjoyed helping students increase their academic skills and communicating with the staff online. However, after having had the job for five years, I lost it, which was devastating to me because that was my main source of income, and I missed teaching the students.
Even though it was a difficult time, I knew then that I was to pursue my freelance writing career on a full-time basis. While I was an online tutor, I found a website where I started writing lesson plans. That helped me a lot to build up my confidence because the person I was writing the lesson plans for told me that the teachers have been impressed with my lesson plans.
I felt good about myself and knew that I could succeed as a writer, but I needed to find the kind of writing jobs that I preferred and could do. I also became a blogger and started developing a Genre Fiction blog, which I have enjoyed writing. Besides those two writing sites, I have written book reviews and have met some famous authors whom I have been writing to by e-mail. I have also developed my own website, and I have written and sold some eBooks.
Being single does have difficult times especially being lonely and trying to meet financial obligations,
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