possible that a gifted teacher in a state that at least until recently, when people don't go to nivat enimark, head money, had to work three jobs just to put food on the table? >> guest: well, not to be a pity party because i have dignity and i feel like i am a hard worker and i don't ask for public assistance or any of those kinds of things, but being a single mom and not receiving child support was difficult in being able to afford a home in a town that was booming in those days. >> host: were you not able to receive child support? >> guest: i should clarify that because my ex-husband is a very good friend of mine. he is a good man and a good father but we both felt we were very good parents and the way we chose to work better divorce was i have the children for a week and he had the children for a weekend because we shared custody there was no child support or anything so you carry your own expenses when you have the children but that meant you still have to provide a home for those children all month long even if they were there only every other week. ate was very, very difficult to affor