remembered the young woman who had received that diploma. She had been ambitious, curious, and confident. She had believed she could learn anything if she worked hard enough.
She had not been stupid.
She had not been useless.
She had simply put her ambitions aside while raising a family.
And somewhere along the way, I had allowed my husband to convince me that putting my life on hold meant I no longer had one.
I placed the diploma on the kitchen table.
Then I opened my old laptop.
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