This is my entry for
Project Mom Casting. What is PMC? Only the BIGGEST thing to hit BlogHer since...well, since BlogHer.
It turns out some fancy schmancy producers will be in NYC to interview blogging moms for a REALITY show. I know, I know. Call me crazy.
Truth be told, I recently submitted our story for a documentary series on
Special Needs families, but we didn't make the cut.
Maybe this time, a single mom
raising a toddler with special medical needs and
trying to make a difference will be worthy.
I dunno. Whaddya think? Oh nevermind...just please support this craziness one more time.
My name is
Janis, and in less than 10 days I will once again be bound for the allure of Manhattan.
I lived in NYC many moons ago, as a starving graduate student. It had always been a dream of mine to live in New York. So like Sally Albright, I packed it all up after graduation and I went to NYU. I lived with my best friend and set out to pursue a Master's Degree in Counseling and Guidance.
Yeah, I actually planned to help other people plan their lives. Ironic, I know.
To say things didn't work out is an understatement. The short version: I got sick & headed to Student Health, they offered me a ride in an ambulance to the hospital. Yeah, that kind of sick.
The kind of sick that has your medical insurance denying you coverage. The kind of sick that has you sobbing on a plane home within a week. Why? Because you are a student and covered under your parent's policy...but only in California. (Read the fine print.)
Yup, my New York dream and my graduate education were stymied by
lack of adequate medical coverage. {
Why is this such a persistent theme in my life?} So I withdrew from NYU and vowed never to return to NYC until I was rich, it would all be different then.
Well here I am returning, not exactly rich; in fact, just as broke and under-insured as the day I left. But, this time I am returning
rich in experience. This time I have a different set of dreams. This time I am coming with 2500 of my best friends.
Yeah, I'm still single and unlucky in love, but Manhattan is filled with women just like me...if you don't believe me just watch SATC {well, you know except that they are skinny and rich...and probably insured.}
Despite my hasty exit, I'm eagerly anticipating my return. I'm even staying an extra day in Manhattan because I want to walk through Greenwich Village and Washington Square once again. I want to browse the book vendors in Union Square.
I want to pass The Plaza and dream of staying there. I want to window shop at F.A.O. Schwartz and pretend I can actually afford to buy my son something.
Someday.
I still believe it will happen someday.
These experiences,
these stories I hold,
Austin's story...someday they will all be told.
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