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receive the letter. I was about to give up any hope from hearing from this school. Having graduated a month ago, I was relieved when I went to the mail box and saw it setting there.
                  “Hey mom, it’s here!” I screamed again, racing through the house.
                  If this letter said what I think it was going to, my life would be absolutely perfect. Brad and I had been going steady for so long that I was sure he would propose any day now. For the last few weeks he seemed a little off, nervous even. I figured that could be the only reason he would act like that around me.
                  I looked through the kitchen, in all the bedrooms. Even went outside to see if I could find my mother. But she was nowhere to be found. I furrowed my brows in confusion. Her car was sitting in the driveway, so she had to be here somewhere. I went to check in my room and found her sitting on the bed, tears falling down her cheeks. I had no idea what was going on, but today was going to be a good day. I wasn’t going to let whatever she had going on ruin her good mood.
                  “Mom, didn’t you hear me yelling?”
                  She dried her eyes with a Kleenex before looking at me. “Yeah, honey. I did.”
                  I looked from her to the box sitting next to her, then back to her. There was something in that box that made her like this, I was sure of it. I walked over to take the lid off the box but she stopped me. Shaking her head, she cleared her throat and told me to tell her what I was so excited about. I showed her the letter in my hand, my eyes lit with happiness. When she saw the name on the front of it, her mouth hung open in shock.
                  “No. Did you really?” She said happily.
                  “I don’t know. I haven’t opened it yet. That’s why I was trying to find you,” I exhaled sitting down on the bed next to her.
                  She tossed the Kleenex into the trash can, turning to me in the process. “Well let’s open it.”
                  I was momentarily distracted by the box on my bed. I pointed to it, looking her in the eyes. “What’s that?”
                  She waved me off, taking the envelope out of my hands. Hearing the sound of her opening it, my breath caught in my lungs. This was it. I was finally going to find out if I got into the school of my dreams. When she started reading the letter, she jumped up and started squealing. I shook my head and giggled.
                  “Mom, I don’t know why you are squealing and jumping, but you want to,” I said.
                  ‘Oh baby! You got in! You got in!” She yelled, turning in a circle holding the letter to her chest.
                  Tears started falling from our eyes. I jumped up and grabbed the letter from her, reading it. Sure enough it read that I would be starting in the fall semester. I looked up into my mother’s tear stained, smiling face. I grabbed her to me and held on for dear life. If it hadn’t been for this woman, I wouldn’t know where I would be right now. When my own father didn’t want me, she did. Even though raising me was hard as hell, she managed it. I loved her so much.
                  When our squealing died down, I ran to my door. I had to tell Brad the good news. I hadn’t seen him in almost four days. To be honest, I wanted to see him more than show him my acceptance letter. This had been the longest that he and I have ever been apart. I heard my mother calling out my name, but I wouldn’t let her stop me from seeing him. He deserved to know. He was going to be a part of my future after all.
                  Getting into my car, I raced to his house. As I pulled up to the stoop, my excitement was so high that I hadn’t noticed the big van in the driveway. Running to the