Being unemployed has so many real and palpable ramifications but there are also psychological side effects which you can only understand if youve truly lived through it.

Often I feel like I can run forever. If someone told me I had to run for 10 hours, I probably could.

My parents found me very difficult to educate.

I try my best to be extremely disciplined about my diet.

If my mother were running for president and talked about a Muslim ban, I'd call her a bigot. If my mother claimed she didn't know who David Duke was when I knew she did, I'd say that's disqualifying. If my mother called an Indiana judge a Mexican, I would say that's a bigoted remark.

The needs of babies and toddlers were constant and drained the life out my sense of self and my familys relationship with each other.

Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.