America Deserves A Raise

This story is about my BFF Regina. Regina is a school secretary at an inner city school and has been secretary at this school for the last three years. In 2005 as she and her daughter watched TV, there was an explosion in her garage, she and her daughter managed to escape the house safely, but the house was totally ruined from the fire and smoke damage. She was in the process of getting things back in order when Hurricane Katrina hit and devastated the city, adding insult to injury the waters came and destroyed what the fire didn’t.After finally rebuilding and trying to get her life back in order she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer.She continued to work as she begin her process of chemotherapy.We saw the outer changes that this process can do, but her renewed inner spirit never changed. She is a true multi-tasker, she would be taking care of a sick or injured student while making copies, answering the phone, assisting a teacher,completing something for the principal, helping a parent who had just entered, all of this is going on at the same time.She is always doing something out of the kindness of her heart. When she learns that a student has no lunch money or money for a field trip she steps in and pays it. If a family is unable to purchase school uniforms, school supplies she’s there. She is the person everyone goes to for the answers to most questions and if she doesn’t have the answer she will find the person that does.She has now learned that her newly re-built home is causing she and her family health problems as it was re-done with Chinese Drywall. She now needs to move out of her home while her home is gutted and re-done again.She is truly a survivor in so many ways,she continues to inspires others. She is my she-ro, and I truly would love to see her get a raise that is so deserving to her.