My husband had received his PhD and found a very good job, which is why I moved to the United States. So, I have two options: I can stay home and raise my kids or I can get my education. So when I was 32 or 33, I got my master’s degree, because I cannot be a housewife forever. There is nothing wrong with that, but it wasn't for me. America, for us, for me, is a foreign country- a foreign language. When I come to this country, I could just say “hello, how are you,” but then people would start talking in long sentences to me and I said “Oh, WHAT? 我不会说英文” When I lived in China, we learned English, but it was not that important to us, so I didn’t know how to speak it well. I knew that I loved this country, and my kids were born in this country, so I had to learn English- I have to go to study, I have to go to college to get my degree. After I had my two babies, every day I just slept 4 or 5 hours and study. Every day. Then I got my master’s degree, then I found a job, and step by step, I have my business. Right now, I have total freedom. I can manage my time, I have a good job, and if I don’t like a job, I will quit. It is total freedom. I love it. I now tutor because I love it, it is my hobby. But I don’t have to do it if I didn’t want to. When I ran a restaurant for ten years, I heard lots of stories. I loved listening to all of them, so now I’m a writer as well. You can cry about life being hard, but you can change that. Life is much easier for me now. My husband wanted to go back to China, but I loved it here, so that is why we divorced. So yes, I am so glad I got my degree and I am now financially independent. One time, my girl told me “I want to marry a rich man and take his money.” I said back, “rich peoples’ money is not easy to get.” *laughs* It is so freeing- so freeing.