Running Head: RESILIENCE AS LIVED BY A SINGLE MOTHERResilience
as Lived by a Single MotherStudents NameInstitutional
Affiliations1RESILIENCE AS LIVED BY A SINGLE MOTHER2Resilience as
Lived by a Single MotherResilience is the quality that enables an
individual to lead a productive by making arebound from adversity,
trauma, tragedy, threats, or other life stresses. The lived life
story of asingle mother, who was homeless for many years, lived in
a car with her five children withoutfamily support and finally rose
from working in a cafeteria to teaching in less than twenty yearsis
a story of resilience. Her ability to shift her mindset from that
of adversity to going back toschool and improve her life is no easy
task (Peden, 2004). Such a mindset shift requires aresilient,
intelligent mind that can recognize and decide that the quality and
manner of oneslife is not …