The most challenging part of being a single mother, and a full time college student and working full time is finding the time to do everything that needs done. I am applying for scholarships in the hope that I can put some of them to our living expenses and slow down on work enough that I can spend some more time with my daughter Georgia. My daughter is two years old and before my husband left I was a mostly stay at home mom to her, she was with me basically every minute of every day. Now she is enrolled in day care, she has adjusted amazingly and is such a resilient, strong little girl. But I know that both of us miss the days where it was just us and her older sister. When I stayed home with them, I never knew how to fill the days and counted down the minutes until bedtime, now I pick her up early every chance I get so that we can do things like go to the park and the library and not just make it through the day. The second most challenging is knowing which balls are glass and which are plastic. It is so hard to prioritize all of the tasks I need to do in a week. Often it is the cleaning that falls off first, and then my sleep and self care that goes away second. It is so hard to work from home and always have a running to do list of work and school assignments. I have worked really hard at putting my phone and computer away in my "office" so that I can give my daughter undivided attention between dinner and bedtime. But sometimes there is a test due at 11:59 or a report that my job needs the next day, and it is hard to know which ball to drop in those situations. I do a lot of school work after my daughter goes to bed, it is the only extra time that I have these days. The most important thing to me is that my daughter knows how much I love her and that she has everything she needs. A huge driving factor of me going back to school was wanting to provide the life my daughter deserves. I know that once I can get the money in order I will be able to really give school my all and give my daughter the time that we both like to spend together. Even while working full time I made all As my first semester in college. I know that I can do this, and that I am going to do everything I need to do for my daughter. The end goal is to write books and be a psychologist. I want to help other families while I get to make my own schedule and prioritize my daughter. I am going to be there for every game and every school play and whatever she puts her mind to.