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A woman named Jamai Polland, who was in her early twenties, experienced a sense of her entire existence pressing in on her like a wall. She started to feel constricted and wanted to escape her life. She lived in the city, paid for her car and insurance, and had a magnificent lifestyle that was barely supported by her well-paying profession. When her turbulent love life crashed and burned, living with her mother provided some solace.
She is her mother's only child; they entered the United State on a visa but currently call it home permanently. Her options for jobs are limited because she is not yet a citizen of the country. Additionally, recent changes at her place of employment that she disagreed with made her work life even more stressful. She began to search for an alternative position but was not successful, therefore she started worrying about her future because she believed that at her age, she should be able to support herself financially without her mother's help. Unfortunately, that was not the situation with her. Everywhere she looked was a dead end, and she was without luck. Part-time enlistment in the army was her decision. Although she was aware that the path would not be easy, she told herself that with God's assistance, she could overcome all the challenges life presents.