Against All Odds

Against All Odds is about Wanda's struggles to break the abuse and poverty cycle in her life. Also how she dealt with each issue and how she learned to depend on God early in life for hope comfort and results. First Wanda's mother was physically abused by her father. Second Wanda was abused by her older siblings and her parents until she was 13 years old. Third she was 16 ½ years old and a junior in high school when she became pregnant and married to an abusive spouse. Later she divorced him after six years of abuse. Finally she remarried and have been married for 36 years. Next Wanda grew up in a very poor environment and she continued to be poor as an adult. Even though she was a young parent and married in teen she decided to return to school to complete her education. After a long struggle she overcame poverty through her faith in God by completing her education and later pursuing a career finally she was successful. Wanda persevered and was determined to complete the task.