A Path Unforeseen: Part 1 I’ve shared the influence my mother had on me and how it shaped my path in life.  While she never complained, it wasn’t lost on me that this was a woman that had immense responsibility.  She was caring for her four children and for a time her two younger brothers and younger sister. To come to a country with so little, it wasn’t until I was in college that I began to really appreciate all my mother had done for all of us.  Her only vice was Bingo and I now regret that I was resentful at times of her love for…

MY STORY About Thuy Petersen A Life Unexpected My mother immigrated here in 1980 with her son, two brothers and sister while pregnant with me. As the oldest, my mother was responsible to care for everyone since they were all minors.  Growing up I witnessed what true grit is. I watched her work multiple jobs and be resourceful to not only provide a life for us but I never once heard her complain. While she never showed any strain to her children, I can’t imagine that It was easy. Her journey shaped the life I envisioned for myself.  I decided at the age of 13, I would…