His death and her notoriety took its toll on her well-being. “I went into a deep depression,” Williams-Bolar remembers. “I could barely make it to work and talk. There were some serious trials there.”
Two years after his death, Williams-Bolar has been able to find and maintain work in her field of education while enrolling one of her daughters in private school. However, she is currently struggling to pay the tuition.
“My daughter is in a private school. After my case made the news, a gentleman paid for her school for the first year but he hasn’t paid for this year, so I’m busting my butt trying to get her to be able to stay there,” Williams-Bolar admits. She resolves that having her daughter in private school right now is the safest and best choice given her alternatives.
“Hopefully public schools don’t become obsolete,” Williams-Bolar says. “But, you have to know what is going on in the school and with your child. If you know that the state school is not working, you have to find out what your options are. Some parents are choosing to enroll in private schools or home-school. Home-schooling is not always possible because most parents have to work. You find what options are. ‘Keep them safe and educated’, should be every parents quote.”
Williams-Bolar created the website ChildsReign.org to offer pre-orders of her book and document news about her case and her subsequent work as an education advocate. Hoping that her new book and movie deal will shed light on her story while offering her opportunity for more speaking engagements so she can earn money for her daughter’s private school, Williams-Bolar is focused, yet realistic.
“Time heals,” she says, “but I will never be the person I was prior to everything that happened.
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