Today is my sister Judith's 55th birthday. We are the same age for the next 45 days. She chose to become a mother in her third year of College. As a McNair Scholar, she sacrificed her love of science and good grades to become a mother. I was anxious about how she would manage, and I am glad that she persevered. Unfortunately, it didn't work out as well for me when I chose motherhood at twenty-eight. I didn't have a mother or any relatives or friends to help me at home, so things fell apart. I eventually lost my children to the foster care system. An institution that as professor Dorothy Roberts wrote in her books that focused on the subject, has robbed mothers like me of our precious bonds with our beloved children. At this time, I have neither, career, children, nor a love life. I'm going to keep going, in the name of Dr. Ana Julia Cooper and all of the other strong black women on whose shoulders I stand. Thank you so much for writing this beautiful post. I loved reading the journal entries. They gave the post a nice texture that made the experience seem so real.
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Today is my sister Judith's 55th birthday. We are the same age for the next 45 days. She chose to become a mother in her third year of College. As a McNair Scholar, she sacrificed her love of science and good grades to become a mother. I was anxious about how she would manage, and I am glad that she persevered. Unfortunately, it didn't work out as well for me when I chose motherhood at twenty-eight. I didn't have a mother or any relatives or friends to help me at home, so things fell apart. I eventually lost my children to the foster care system. An institution that as professor Dorothy Roberts wrote in her books that focused on the subject, has robbed mothers like me of our precious bonds with our beloved children. At this time, I have neither, career, children, nor a love life. I'm going to keep going, in the name of Dr. Ana Julia Cooper and all of the other strong black women on whose shoulders I stand. Thank you so much for writing this beautiful post. I loved reading the journal entries. They gave the post a nice texture that made the experience seem so real.