Angie

Like I was able to go to school.

I finished my course as a peer support specialist, you know, Medi-Cal peer support specialist.

And I'm going to take my state exam soon, you know, and I'll be working in the field soon.

I'm not sure where I'm going to end up at, but I'm...

confident that it'll be okay i'm not terrified by the future and i'm not like super scared about it you know so it gave me like a good footing it gave uh our relationship a good footing to start off on and to continue to seek help which we have you know me and my partner have he's in counseling he does his therapy i do my counseling i do my therapy and

We keep up on our agendas.

We do things differently.

We hear each other out.

It's the healthiest relationship I've been in.

We've had our ups and downs, but that wouldn't have been possible without the experience that I had here, without the therapy, the classes, the

the hope you know the hope that i got here you know that the courage the they believed like she said they believed in me before i did in myself right they loved on me until i could love on myself because i'm always the one to love everybody else and i forget to fill up my own cup you know and um

They're always on, what are you doing for yourself?

What are you going to do for yourself tonight?

What are you going to do for you today?

You know, and they always bring me back to self, right?

Because that's where it starts.

That's where everything begins within me, you know, um,

It's been invaluable.

Now I have my own two bedroom.

Now I have both of my kids full time, including my oldest.