Now I would like to introduce someone else who is so proud of you and excited to be here.

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My heart thumps much faster, however, when I imagine what my life would be like today had I stayed in the corporate world and pursued someone else's idea of what my life was meant to be.

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In order to keep up and get ahead I had to become someone else, act like a man, and hide my femininity.

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As a working mom, few things frustrate me more than feeling like every cent I earn goes straight toward paying someone else to raise my child.

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"I feel like someone needs to show the youth, there is something else you can do, " said 30 year-old Kirven.

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It seemed like I was working every waking hour to keep a commitment for someone else.

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"I didn't want to do this here, but I've met someone else, and he's a lot like you, except he likes me for me, and we are getting married, " Stefon said.

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