Not even really sure where to begin on explaining this new adventure
I am going to be embarking on (fingers crossed anyway). After the summer I had
I had to dig deep and figure out how I was going to “pull up my boot straps” as
my mom would say. How I was going to not let the magnitude of so many
overwhelming, scary, sad, terrible things that happen devour my existence. Well
when I put it out there that I day dream of attending the University of Houston
for my masters in social work, I got a response that I wasn't expecting. I
guess that was my push to really research and figure out how to pull it off.
Would I really be
able to attend a college out of state???
Could I really move to a city on my own not knowing anyone???
Can I really do this???
Well I have not felt so drawn to something like this is a
long time. That overwhelming force of, “that is where you are meant to go”
feeling I get when I push and challenge myself. I figure if I can work in the
same hospital that my daughter died, I can challenge myself with achieving this
goal I have set out for myself. I have been in the process of getting everything
I need to apply to the college and to the social work program. It brings such excitement
inside me when I think of this adventure, a fresh start, a new place, a change
of scenery and new beginning. The past few years I have experienced such loss,
such heartache, such tragedy that I feel that I need out for a little bit. I
need this to bring life back into my soul like it has not been in a very long
time. I will be pushed out of my comfort zone so much that I will be forced to
be vulnerable to make new friends, and put myself out there in order to get my
degree and do what my heart tells me I am meant to be doing. If my goal works
out I will be moving at the beginning of Aug of next year. I have a trip
planned in January with a good friend who will ask questions that I may not
think of and be my travel partner to be tourists in the city I may call home
next year…..
This is a once in a life time opportunity to be brave and go
after what I want and become the person I envision and know I can be. Nothing is
holding me here. I will miss my family and friends, but that just means people
will have to come visit me. I need this and I want this and I am bound and
determined to make it happen. I have
some great supportive people in my life who believe in me and are excited with
me. I am also blessed with a daughter and mother who I feel guide me everyday. The love I have for them and the love they have for me is indescribable.
What is this life for if I don't at least try? How can I not try? What do I have to lose?.......
Houston here I come…..(fingers crossed anyway) J
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