My name is Stacy Bennett. I am a strong person. Sometimes I don’t feel that way, but whatever happens in life, I don’t give up easily. Maybe that’s stubbornness but it works. I have had many things happen in my life that have been very difficult to deal with. In spite of those things happening I keep on going and keep on trying to make things better for myself and my children.
I am learning who I am and redefining who I am. Going to school is part of this process. Before I started back to school, I was defined as a defender and mother of my children(I have five), a caretaker to my grandma, a medical coder, and a homemaker. I was very good at all of those things and really enjoyed them. Then, about a year and a half ago, my ex-husband and I split up, eleven months ago my job was outsourced, and two and a half months ago my grandma died. Almost all of my identities for myself were gone. So, here I am at school, figuring out who I am choosing to be now. I am learning so many things about myself and what I am capable of accomplishing. Things that look impossible really aren’t. I’m learning that it’s OK to be proud of what I am personally doing.
The best things in my life are my kids. They are ages 19, 17, 15, 7, and 4. Loving them, being involved in their lives, and trying to make sure that they grow up to be the best people that they can possibly be is the most important job that I have.
I really enjoy cooking and baking from scratch for my family and friends. Making food that tastes good, looks good and is relatively healthy is something that I crave doing. I walk past something in the grocery store, like cookies or spaghetti sauce or bread, and think,” I don’t think I’ll buy that because I can make it way better myself.” It would definitely be easier to just buy it, but it wouldn’t be the same quality and I wouldn’t have the same satisfaction.
Another important thing to me is being involved in my church. They are like family to me. I love the social things that we do, such as, vespers, potluck and game nights. I have recently started helping lead out in song service. I never in a million years would have ever thought that I would get up in front of people and sing, but I’m doing it and loving it. It’s a way that I can contribute and that makes me happy.
My goals for myself are to redefine and discover my identity, stay motivated and make it through to when I can graduate, get a good job and, as a result, be successful in modeling a positive life for my children and giving them the lives that I want to give them.
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