I made it!!

So the time has come when a sense of joy has overwhelmed my heart. Today I received notifiaction regarding my graduation date for my Associates in Business. I still plan on going into the Bachelors program but keeping it real with myself it took me forever to make it here so I think I'm gonna walk cause that Bachelors could take some time as well. This hasn't been an easy road for me. I've swithched my majors and even had to switch schools due to my failing of my math course repeatedly. However, through it all I didn't give up. Pregnant and all I was there. It was after my last child I decided to take a break and then switch my major. As far as a support system I haven't had one. I have been my own support. No one volunteered to keep my daugher while I went to school. So she stayed with her friends on nights when I had class. After my baby was born I realized that no one really would watch a baby so this is where I began my online journey. Last year I received my techinical certificate in office support but I didn't stop there. $30,000.00 in student loans and I still refuse to give up. Now with four weeks remaining in my Associates class I look back at it all and say I made it. Even my own father didn't have the faith in me that I could make it neither does he even ask how is school coming along but inspite of it all I have pushed myself. You see life wasn't handed to me on a silver platter but I made it my business to never quit even when at times I doubted myself. The world lies in await for my downfall but I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news..I may fall down but I get back up again and my fight is harder with every blow. So when people tell you that you can't you tell them that you can and you will and let that be your motivation to succeed. I did and look at me now....rising business owner, single parent, motivator, and to add to my list I am now a Phoenix! (Phoenix is the term for graduates of the University of Phoenix.)

Far Away From Here

I often love to sit and listen to the song Far away from here. I know the moral may be slightly different from the way I feel but all in all it is quite the same. Today started out all wrong and its ending... well lets just say no better than it started and that's with life. Never take my words and think I am ungrateful but the inner me wants and needs more. I really need to get away from all the stress and worries of the world and take a vacation to a place where no one knows my name. I know that many of you feel the same but just don't come out and say it. Well just know you are not alone. Everyone needs some time to get away. Time away from your job, kids, family, relationship etc. If you don't find this time then you may just self destruct. We may not be able to take a week but at least get you in one day. If you can turn off your phone or turn the ringer off. Take a walk on the beach or a walk in the park as fresh air is always needed to clear your head. As you take this walk ask yourself what can you change or let go that is holding you back and the next step is to just do it. However, most importantly seek someone who is supportive of you and is always there to encourage you. God is the higher being to take it to but he has angels here on earth to help him in the process. I know that I am a work in progress but I'm always here for any one of you if need someone to talk to, shoulder to cry on or even vent to. I'm getting far away tomorrow because if I don't then what good will I be to anyone else and I think it's time you take a day and do the same.