5 weeks and counting!

I am sure that anybody who actually reads this blog is sick of hearing (reading) about my graduation. However, I keep writing about it because it is basically the most important thing going on in my life right now. It has taken me so long to get to this point. I have felt failure, elation, fear (public speaking, anyone?!?), gratitude, relief (I didn't fail that test after all!) and have made some new friends. There were even days I wasn't sure I was going to make it through (4 times a week to Edmond last semester!) Now, it is just 5 short weeks from being over. I am still pretty stressed (of course everything is due at the same time!) but I can see that proverbial light at the end of the tunnel and I now know it isn't a train heading towards me! It is the finish line but also the starting line. The starting line towards a new career!

Sometimes I wish I had done it all differently. I wish I had known at 18 what I wanted to do with my life. But, that wasn't God's plan for me. He knew where I needed to be but I had to get there while stumbling...or else it might not have meant as much to me. And, had I not taken that wayward path I would not have met some of the most important people in my life. You know who you are! Wishing you had done things differently won't take you back. I have learned that all of the experiences since graduating high school have been for a reason...some reasons I am just now beginning to understand. Others not so much. I don't think we are supposed to understand everything.

So, in 5 short weeks, I am going to put on that navy blue gown and my cap with my drab (actual name...not kidding) tassel. I am going to line up with all of the other graduates and I am going to march into my graduation with a smile on my lips and joy in my heart! I am going to cross that stage and become a college graduate. And then I am going to have a party so that the people who are most important to me (with a few exceptions of those who cannot be here - I'll party with you in spirit!) can be hugged and thanked for their support, for their love and for their faith in me. Without which I may not have made it to this point!