cross (somebody has) to carry

A difficult responsibility or burden that someone must handle on his or her own. I really don't want to take out student loans, but it's the cross I have to carry in order to further my education.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Finnuala	-	Irish, Irish Mythology
Rut	ROOT (Spanish)	Spanish, Icelandic, Swedish, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Ruzha	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Te'oma	-	Ancient Aramaic
Malati	-	Indian, Hindi
Elizaveta	ye-lee-zah-VYE-tah, ee-lee-zah-VYE-tah	Russian