(Five Years Later)MIA'S POVI stared at the screen. My fingers trembled slightly as the page loaded. Four tiny voices buzzed behind me, waiting, watching. The moment the word "PASSED" appeared, I exhaled so hard my vision blurred."I did it," I whispered.After all those sleepless nights, all those moments I wanted to quit, I actually did it.Daisy screamed before I could, throwing her arms around me. "You did it! You're officially a graduate!"Four sets of little feet raced into the room, and my babies tackled me in a whirlwind of hugs, squeals, and overwhelming joy. Tears slipped down my cheeks. Not because I passed, but because after everything—after surviving heartbreak, single motherhood, the whispers and stares—I was still standing.Look at us. Look at what we built from nothing. They said I'd never make it alone, but here we are."I'm so proud of you, Mama," the smallest one, Mira, whispered."I'm proud of me too, baby."For the first time in five years, I can actually say that
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