[Humble Servant]

The problem is that the first 3 clauses were written up as separate sentences, followed by the part that completes the thought:

“My parents didn’t come here with nothing. Not knowing anybody. Not having a dime in their pockets… For me to be a wallflower.

What she meant was that her parents came here with nothing, knowing no one, not a dime in their pockets, and they didn’t go through all that to see her be a wallflower.
The fault, Dear Brutus, lies in the pUnct-uat’ion;

[ibytoohi]

I believe that Malkin's message is what counts. The lady makes her living writing, but you guys are a tough crowd.

I wonder what you'd do with "The Sermon on the Mount." :)

[yldstrk]

My parents didn’t come here with nothing, not knowing anybody, not having a dime in their pockets for me to be a wallflower.

There fixed it. It was faulty punctuation to make her sound stupid. It actually was one sentence.