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She would test the fences and push the

boundaries, and when I held firm, there would

be conflict between us.

For the previous four or five years, I had

been teaching night classes a couple evenings

per week at a school about 45 minutes away. It

paid quite well, and we desperately needed the

supplement to our income. However, I started

to realize that the evenings I was gone were

when the problems occurred. I would get home

from a late night class, only to find I needed to

find my daughter.

The more I considered this, the more

determined I was to be home. It was with great

resolve, and much trepidation about our

finances, that I submitted my resignation from

the evening school, not knowing quite how we

would make ends meet. I did know that no job

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