The man who stepped in when my father refused to walk me down the aisle

tuition was paid with landscaping work, scholarships, and student loans.

Nobody announced my debt.

I graduated.

Then I worked.

Nurseries first.

Landscape crews.Pregnancy & Maternity

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A municipal parks department
A municipal parks department. Eventually, I became a horticultural designer specializing in drought-tolerant gardens, drainage landscapes, native plant restoration, and residential installations. By twenty-eight, I had my own business. By thirty, I had four employees, a work truck, a waiting list, and a workshop behind the small bungalow I bought on the edge of

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