What to do with myself and benefit others!

Hi everyone....this is all new to me but I am going to try to do a good job of this. Sometimes we need a way of expressing our feelings and this seems a good way to do it! After raising my four children (with the help of my Mom and Dad) I decided to go to nursing school. I enrolled in  a community college and had to wait to get into the nursing program. But let me bring you back a bit.....

When I was seventeen I married just to get out of the house, my Mom and I had the typical relationship that many mothers and daughters have...I drove her crazy, she drove me crazy! ....and being Italian to boot...well you can imagine some of the arguments! Mom: "Where are going with your face painted like a Putana  and that skirt, why bother it"s so short". Anyway, that's how it went.
Now I met a guy from a Drum and Bugle Corp I was in...I carried a flag and marched in parades and competitions....He was THE DRUM MAJOR!!!! Oh boy, everybody was after him, but I, yes I won the battle. So I began seeing him, alittle too much according to my family so they insisted I get married  before I became pregnant( the term was Out-of-Wedlock)...well that was like jumping from the frying pan into the fire. He was abusive, I had my share of bruises but I LOVED HIM....this went on until one day My Dad saw some marks on my arm and I told him what was happening. He immediately called relatives in Florida and put me on a plane to Miami...and I had the time of my life with my cousins...it was glorious!