On September 29, 1994, I discovered I could not do everything alone. It all began that crisp fall morning when I awoke at 5:00 AM from a long night's sleep. As I crawled out from under the warm blankets, the cold air hit my warm face like a snowball. As a single parent of a five-year old daughter at the time, my mornings always unfolded with the hustle and bustle of preparing for our day at school and …showed first 75 words of 552 total…

…showed last 75 words of 552 total…had blown him up. I didn't laugh at it at that moment, but over time, I learned to laugh at the vision I saw in the mirror that day. The pain and suffering I went through for the next several months taught me a valuable lesson of not to attempt to do everything on my own. To this day, I call a repairman before I attempt to repair any major household appliances in my home.