I Did It My Way

They said a teenage mother will never finish high school, but I was determined to break that rule. I worked hard to take care of my son and excel in my classes, through diaper changes and broken eye glasses. Sixteen and so many years ahead of me, I knew who in life I wanted to be. I had a plan and I was going to so it with all odds against me, but I was going to prove to them that I would graduate and become who I wanted to be. On May 2004 I put on my cap and gown and dressed my little boy for my day had came, I sat there in the crowd and listened for my name. I walked proudly as he sat there smiling at me, I reached out and was handed my degree. I was proud that I didn't listen to what other people had to say, because at the end of it all I did it my way.