Claudette...

In closing, I am able to assert that literacy is really the beginning of a life, of my life. Since my participation, I learned to write, so I can send cards or letters to my loved ones. Now, I am able to count without drawing small circles on paper. I can go to the store alone. I am also able to help senior citizens by running errands for them. Since I have more confidence in myself, I am able to ask for help. Therefore, I am a completely different person. I love life and I take part in it fully. I do this as the owner of a Special Care Home and also as an employee of the Red Cross. Recently, I even went to work as a janitor at the schools in my region. Before, it would have been impossible for me to write a resume and to send it since it required a certain training. I deprived myself of such an experience.

I am proud of the road I’ve traveled up until today. Result: better life, joys, love, respect, self-confidence. I don’t regret anything of my efforts and of my perseverance because I started to grow.

Written by Claudette Audet, Campbellton NB