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Here is your essay, edited for clarity and enhanced with idioms and phrases: There was a time I felt I was at rock bottom, truly believing I couldn't go on. The only reason I kept my chin up was my mother; she had no one else but me. While I was stuck between a rock and a hard place at school, the ultimate blow came when my Matric certificate was deliberately destroyed. This caused immense suffering for my mother, who then had no choice but to leave the country. Now, I'm determined to turn over a new leaf and start afresh. I'm pulling myself up by my bootstraps, trying by hook or by crook to re-do my Matric and achieve what was taken from me. The world, for me, has turned into a living nightmare. It was then I realized I had to take matters into my own hands and help myself, for there seemed to be no justice in sight. My greatest wish is to bring back my mother's life; I would die trying rather than live in this desolate situation without her. I simply cannot afford to be anywhere else; truly, I am a shadow of my former self without her by my side. I've often heard it said that 'good roses' – moments of fortune or kindness – only come around for payback, as if what goes around, comes around and every good thing has a preceding cause or consequence. What's next?