Being a single parent is quite difficult at times but it has been the most positive experience in my 24 years. I was raised in a single parent home and found nothing wrong with it at all and at times even thought it was considered "normal." When I started school, I learned otherwise, but it was ok. My mom raised me appropriately and tried really hard to instill nothing but superior morals and respect for me and others who come into my life (e.g. teachers, classmates, elders) When I was 18, I graduated high school and rebelled a little. To this day I have no idea why I did the things I did. The only thing I ever regret in my life is not going to college straight after high school. You hear teachers, parents, grandparents, advisors, etc telling you to never stop going to school until you are done and you agree but when it comes down to it, you are going to do whatever it is you want to do. Since I was 18, my mother has no say in the matter. All she did was make life at home tough-tough in a sense that I had to pay bills so I could see nothing was free and being a waitress for the rest of my life was certainly not going to cut it. Naturally, I wanted to party, shop, and work, as I did until I was 20, I thought I met the love of my life. Alex and I met and quickly moved in together and before I knew it, I was pregnant. But then I had a miscarriage, which was surprisingly disturbing for the both of us and shortly after I got pregnant again. Then 9 months later on May 31, 2002 at 1:58pm my son Alexander Garcia was born. We separated because I suppose we didn't get to know each other that well but in the end we are both very happy and blessed with the birth of our son and NOW realize that being a single parent is NOT easy. Even being together and raising an infant wasn't easy, let alone by ourselves. Nonetheless, we will always love him.
             There are many kinds of single parents: those who are divorced, widowed, never
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