Aisling POV
After getting my flame back, everything settled. I went back to school. I continued with my psychology major, while, by my mom's suggestion, I ventured into learning some other way to express my feelings. I tried many things, but painting, painting stuck and became my comfort.
I graduated and started a field specialization. I felt the more rewarding area of psychology was to work with kids, give them a chance to be themselves, to accept themselves, and to overcome the s**t life threw in their early years. Some of that s**t, not even adults are capable of dealing with it by themselves.
During the mornings, I enrolled in the school system and a high school counselor, while in the afternoons, I partnered practices with my mom. Many abused women had kids, and while my mother
