Donna never thought it could happen to her. An abusive marriage, two job losses in a year, young children at home and bills that needed to be paid.
Then she found Fresh Start, an organization she describes as “heaven sent.”
With the support of her first Fresh Start mentor, Christy, Donna found the courage to leave her marriage and file for divorce. During that time, she and her children lived with Donna’s parents. One of her first goals in the mentoring program was home ownership, a goal that she reached in the summer of 2005. Another crucial goal in the beginning was to “heal some of the hurt” she and her children were feeling, and she is grateful that her family has now been able to work through much of the pain and anger that built up during those difficult years.
Today Donna wants to pursue a graduate degree and to identify a career that will let her incorporate her interest in single motherhood and fatherless children. Her current Fresh Start mentor, Sarah, is helping her determine what her calling is and what she needs to do to make her calling her career. There is no doubt that Donna will continue to grow and learn. In fact, she is unstoppable!