I totally agree with Angela and Karen...success are measured by little celebrations each and every day. Life is tough no matter who you are. Keep your head up, use the resources around you, and stay positive. I know...easier said than done...but we saw a spark in you from the very beginning. Find that spark and move forward. There's a really large Starbucks Latte at the end of the road just for you!

Khandis, being a single moms is hard, I know. However, we do whatever it takes to care for our kids. I did it for 15 years with a lot of praying and determination. First and foremost, don't be concerned with what people say about you, because if they don't have anything going on in their life they will try to tell you how to live yours. Don't let your age be a reason for making mistakes, let it be a reason to learn as you go. You will have some hard times, as we all do, but keep your head up and know where your help comes from, it come from the Lord. He will take care of you, if you only believe and trust in Him. Just think everything you do now, little Kenny is watching and he will repeat it in years to come. Surround yourself with positive people or do thing with just you and your son. Trust me I know and when your son is the age of my son, you'll reflect back and say I'm glad I did things according to the will of God.

Be blessed and see you soon.

~Canty~

I was going to do a blog right now, but I want yours to stay up a while. When people say, "That's amazing that you work 5 jobs, have 3 kids and . . . [whatever else moms do]." I'm thinking, NOT amazing, EXHAUSTING! But we get up everyday and do the best we can (right?) and we do whatever must be done (sometimes we just extinguish fires). But I've decided that I don't want to wake up ten years from now & remember the prior decade as a blur of stress (a lot of it self-induced). The part where you meet friends or take your kid to the pool -- that's the LIFE part. And I think of this challenge as straightening out the closet where I would fetch my things for the LIFE part. I've had my share of SAD and SCARED and OVERWHELMED since we've begun (and I don't have time for this either, Miss Khandis, but this activity goes in the "personal improvement" pile and out of the "OMG, I don't want to" pile. And as I mentioned, no one can REWARD you if you don't share your struggles. Measure YOUR successes by YOU -- not by everyone else (ok, I don't actually take my own advice!) but if getting out of bed is your BIG SUCCESS, then I'll throw you a party about that. GIRL POWER, Khandis. Chin up. You have successes -- but you may just have to write them down (like HERE, for example) to be able to remember them when the next fire comes. There are folks here to help (your coach is AWESOME, girl) and the only mistake you can make is not suiting up & showing up.