Being single and a mom: One woman's story

Amanda Calvin, at 27, never intended to be a single mom.

She met the father of her son, Elliott, at Coach's – a local bar on Gilbert Street in Danville. He played electric guitar in the band, and she liked his curly blond hair.

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