My name is Stephanie Upshaw. I am 38 years old, not your typical student. I am a senior at South Alabama seeking a degree in Physical Education. I am recently divorced and have two children. My son's name is Noah (age 9), and my daughter's name is Katelyn (age 11). Right now they are are my life. Everything I do, I do for them. It's funny how you always hear about the sob stories of single mom's but until you become one you can't fully understand what that means. It's really hard to juggle my life and their's but things will work out and I take this challenge as a learning experience and know that I will be better for it. I fully believe that hardships make us better people. If I could give younger people any advice it would be this: Do not let anything stand in your way of finishing school and getting your degree. Even if you don't go to work right away, you will always have that degree to fall back on in the future. No one can ever take that away from you. You never know what lies in store so as the scout's say, "Be Prepared!". Going back to school when you have a family is difficult. Get it out of the way when you are young, you will thank yourself later. OK I'm getting off my soap box!!
A little more about me... I graduated high school in 1989 here in Mobile. I recieved a dual scholarship to play basketball and softball for Mobile College (now the University of Mobile).
I had it all! I didn't have to pay for one thing. I lived on campus-free, meals-free, books-free, tuition-free... and I did not take advantage of the wonderful opportunity that was given to me. Instead I wanted to have a good time. I did not take it seriously and lost my scholarship. I left there and recieved ( a second chance) a full scholarship to play softball for Pensacola Junior College. I played for two years and did really well but at the end of the two years I was really tired of school and thought I could get a job and still do well financially. The money was fine for a while - I really didn't have many responsibilities. I met my ex-husband and got married. We had a wonderful 10 years of marriage. We had two children and he did well financially so I did not have to work.
Without getting into any details, the marriage ended and here I am trying to get my degree to support myself and my two children. I love sports and kids so I figured I would put the two together and try to make a career of it.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
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