In this excerpt, Hargett offers a brief retrospection on her life. Although she began to work at the age of sixteen, Hargett argues that it was not until she became married that she felt like an adult because she was solely responsible for herself after that. In addition, Hargett revisits her early dream of becoming a stenographer. Although that dream remained unfulfilled, Hargett expresses no regret over the course of her life and argues that her years spent in the mill were her happiest because of the "love comradeship there with all of us."