my mother was brave as shit" I mean, she was doing what she had to do - single mother, working nights, or sometimes 2 jobs.
I was watching myself starting in the 3rd grade. and i skipped a grade, so I was like 7.
I have a 7 year old daughter I don't even let her go into bathrooms by herself in public places. I don't even let her go outside by herself.
Shit, when i was in 3rd grade, I was living in the inner city of Baltimore, walking home from school and playing outside at night until dark. My mother didnt get home from work til midnight.
I can only imagine what our family members were saying about her.