Becoming An Adult

The most difficult thing I ever did was: not learning to be a Home Team Leader of a crew serving the needs of physically and intellectually disabled individuals, nor serving in the military, nor learning to drive a car.  The hardest "things" I ever did came in the summer of 1982.  I dropped out of High School [May], got married [April], had a child[June], left the religion I was raised in, (the Jehovah's Witnesses) for thirteen years, I left my 'hometown' (Brownwood)[July], got a real job for the first time [Aug], and all in the span of the same time. Growing up was amazing.

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