When Life Happens (Intro)

So when I was 25 years old, I was well into my career at that

Time, and I kind of had the mentality of it was time to grow

Up and leave behind a lot of the quote-on-quote childish things

That I had done in college and move on to a different world

I got pregnant with you when I was 25

So all of those things where I was really into adulting, not

Thinking much about experiences that were outside of that realm

Greetings. In response to your inquiry, the

Year was 1981 and I was feeling pretty good

I had achieved my master's in social

Work from the University of Illinois

I was feeling, again, really pretty good about life and living it

Yeah, I was trying to figure that out and I

Was trying to have as much fun as possible

Going out, having a good time

Yeah, and there was an existential crisis attached to that as well

Trying to figure out my belief systems and all that

But mostly just trying to figure out how little I

Knew at 25, even though I thought I knew everything

And that was my big takeaway

I really didn't know a whole lot about life

Age 25 was a very tricky time for me

Although I had several accomplishments, I had a five-

Year-old and a two-year-old at the same time

No one knew my world was crashing around me

25 Was overwhelming

I had somebody say that when life would really start happening

So it was just like that was the time where it was just

Like it was kind of like go time in life 25 let see let

See it was my year of figuring out my transition really into

Adulthood and i was just good i was living life

It was great beautiful thing a year of awareness

For me uh kind of crazy just to see the different

Changes that was going on uh 2022 right yeah 2022

2022 Whoo the guy said all right i'm about to

Mold you into something that you have no clue

Of what it's gonna look like he pretty much just

Put me in a little choke hold and said i said uh

I got something for you but uh i think it was

Pretty cool just to see not the finished

Product but uh what happened after that

I mean not to toot my own horn but I

Definitely admire the man I am today compared

To where I was so yeah big ups to him

I was learning who I was I had become more vocal

In my desires and my wants and needs and not only

Did I speak about it, but I began to put action to it

Started working towards my dreams

I started saying no

I started putting me first

I made me a priority and not an option

But when I turned 25, I was happy

I liked me. I enjoyed me

I had good friends, I had fun

And I was appreciated and loved

My gifts and talent were honored