Last night I got hooded and attended my graduation banquet for my Master's degree in Clinical Psychology. I can not believe that it has been two and a half years since I started this adventure. I'm so happy to be finished and use all the skills that I have been taught. I am going to miss my classmates and my professors. It is going to be strange no longer attending classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It became my habit, my rountine and I enjoyed it. I was blessed that my adopted family came. They are great and I am glad they shared in my special day. I'm also glad that my friend Fawn and her fiance came as well.
Graduation was a really big deal to me because it finishes my final promise to my mom. When my mom was on her death bed nearly 7 years ago, she made me promise to get my master's degree. I had always said that I was going to but since I moved across the country right after I finished my undergrad I wanted to wait a semester. I did not go the next semester either because my mom was so sick and truthfully had I gone I would have dropped out. God had other plans for me and it took several years but I got a degree I love and had an amazing Christian education. God's timing as always was perfect. I'm sad my mom missed out but I know she was watching me. I spent much of my life trying to please my mom. I know she loved me she just had her own way of showing it and I always tried to be the perfect child because I felt I had to. I have now finished my promise to her and the rest of my life belongs to me and I will use it to serve God and do as he calls me. I'm glad my mom wanted me to go to grad school because I am such a different person now.
The past two and a half years have made me happy and I have grown into myself. I am much more confident. My easy going, friendly personality has shown through and I smile a whole lot more. I learned who I am and I know that it will be a continual change and I will grow throughout my life. My life will be an adventure and now is only the begining!!!!
