36 and start college today for the first time ever!

For years I didn’t have a high school diploma and always seemed to make it work, just had to prove myself a little more than others with a degree. It took me many years to prove myself, late working nights, holidays and lots of yes’s when I truly wanted to say no. Before I got pregnant I worked in finance making close to 6 figures and they tried to push me to continue my education so I could move up but in the back of my mind, my secret of not having a HSD

would forever hold me back. I truly wanted more but just kept telling myself that if I worked hard enough, I could do anything. Although that statement seemed true financially, it held me back from what I truly wanted to do.

So after having a baby in 2017 and quitting my job to become a stay at home mom, I found out my husband was addicted to pain pills. I was crushed. What were my baby girl and going to do? How was I going to support her and I while my husband battled his demons?

Well, last October I signed up online to finally finish my HSD. I studied and crammed my face in books for 5 months, taking no breaks. The course was supposed to take a year and I did it in half the time. In March, I finally received my diploma. I then went to our local college and signed up for two classes this summer.

It’s crazy how life works and how becoming a mom makes your decisions more about us and less about me. I am nervous but I know that I can do it.

Things don’t always go as planned, the life I had envisioned for us might not be the life we get but I am determined to make it better. Here’s to becoming a RN in 4 years and making a better life for my family.