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Born Sharon Morgan, in 1964 to David and Catherine Morgan. Sharon never knew her father, he passed away while she was still and infant, and her mother raised her on her own. As a nurse, Catherine worked long hours and Sharon was shuffled around neighbors and family. She is a living, breathing example of the proverb: "it takes a village to raise a child". Her neighbors, her grandparents, her aunts and uncles, they were all there to help her along the way. Still, it was always stressful growing up the child of a single parent. Sharon possibly grew up too fast, she was always mature for her age. Rather than taking the freedom and running wild with it, she became a responsible young woman. What some would call a perfectionist. She had a well thought out plan for success, and did her best to follow it. The plan was to get good grades, go on to college, have a career, fall in love and then start a family. A family with two parents, and however many children as they pleased. However, nothing ever goes as planned. The well thought out plan, that she had since she was 8 years old, came out of order for Sharon. What happened? She fell in love. Then the rest of the plan flew out the door. Sharon Morgan met James Bragg-Spencer in high school at the age of 15. Head over heels in love, she was engaged at 17 and married the day after graduation. Sharon wouldn't call it a wedding, having nothing but each other, they were married by the justice of the peace with James' brothers as witnesses. She could still go to college right? Sharon had the grades, she was just doing things a bit out of order. However, as they say: "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." James had gone into the army, having signed up the very same day that the two were married. His life as a soldier did not last very long and instead after he blew his knee out in a training exercise he was honorably discharged. At that point James and Sharon were left with a GI bill and no idea what they were supposed to do. Upon the advice of one of James' brothers, the couple moved to Irvington, New York. The two decided to open BS Deli in 1984, right before they discovered that Sharon was pregnant with their first child. 20 years old, married, pregnant, and trying to run a deli. It was tough, but they made it. Sharon helped James with the deli, finding that her can-do attitude and organizational skills could be uitilzed. She's learned a lot over the years, and working at the deli with her husband has been fulfilling for her. They've come a long way since the first day they opened the doors to their small business. Along the way the two had a second child and the deli became succesful enough. Sharon never got to get her college degree, but she did have a career, fall in love, start a family. She had a lot to show for it: two beautiful boys and a loving husband. Already someone who was a perfectionist, she had a bit of a hard time with the fact that her plans hadn't worked out exactly as planned. It was even harder for her when her eldest, Michael had been sent off his path. Sharon has spent a lot of time trying to pinpoint where it was she went wrong. She blames herself a lot for Michael's drug problems and it is a very emotional topic for her. It's one that she does not discuss openly and she will do her best to change the subject if it is ever brought up. Now with Matt, her second fathering a child at 22, she's trying her best to be supportive. She knows that it's going to take more than two people to raise a child. Damned if she's not going to be a part of this child's life. Again, she's trying to figure it out, why did these mistakes and accidents keep happening? Both her sons are happy and healthy, however, she still can't help but think of what she'd dreamed for them. 46 years old, she's seperated from James. Having found herself drifting away over the last year, they've decided to take a break. She's got her own friends, her own interests, and a feeling inside her that maybe she wants more. Unfortunately, she doesn't know whether Michael is a part of that or not. She loves him, but she's not so sure she's in love with him any longer and she just couldn't bared to do that to him. |
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