i also talk in the book about a woman named ula, ula is from histonia, struggle often comes up with siblings, when it shows up it's aunts and uncles that come in a group and as we all know struggle doesn't go away. my grandmother says there's three stages of life, in the midst of a storm, about to enter a storm, about to exit a storm. so struggle will always be with us. even once i finally learned how to read, my freshman year in high school, i was in remedial math and reading classes. there was no quick fix. in remedial reading class, i went to a catholic high school, my mother saved every dollar she had to pay the $900 to send me to school, borrowing from friends at church and work to come up with the money. my freshman year at curly, i was ranked 360th, near the bottom. i was not a kid projected to go to college at that stage of life. when i graduated four years later, i was 30th from the top. still not the best student, still not the straight a student, but i worked hard, knew the value of hard work. so when i get to college, ohio wesleyan college, it was the best college i could get int