Personal Story
Therapist. I knew I needed to improve my writing and
reading. My friend Ashley told me about the Literacy
Council of St. Petersburg. I’m studying and getting better
at my reading and writing. I am happy to be in school and
learning. Today, I have just applied to a Massage Therapy
school!
Lorraine Eggleston and her tutor Nancy Brown are at the Northeast
Community School and are members of the Literacy Council of St.
Petersburg. They have been working together almost one year.
Personal Story
In my short life, I have experienced so many things that
might not be important to you, but for me they have been
important because I have made good changes in my life.
Let me tell you why. First of all, I have changed my way of
thinking about life and started to do the right things; I am
grateful for the less or more that I have. When I was 19
years old, I thought that my life was not great until a friend
told me about a place where God speaks through the gift of
prophecy. He spoke to me about the secrets of my life and
promised me that my life will change. He was going to help
me to change the wrong with the right and teach me how to
live with his guidance.
He kept his promise! I say that because I started to do
the right things. At first, I changed what my mother wanted
me to change, and I decided to be a good example as a
daughter and student. I wanted to let my parents see that I
was going the right way in life. I went back to school; I
know that a diploma is only a piece of paper, but it is
necessary. In these times, if you don’t have a good level of
studies, you cannot expect to have a good paying job. After
a while, I started to be grateful because for some time I had
money, a job, and a car. Before this time I never gave
money to my family, I never valued my job, and I never
cared for my car. As a result, I lost everything. Now, I
appreciate the things I have. Today, I apply what I learned,
I give money to my family and I walk one hour to my
school. As has been noted, sometimes we have everything,