Reflections...

Looking back over the years, it has often seemed as though there was a force conspiring against me, to deter me from completing my college education; not that I didn't often have a hand in it myself. I can't count the times on both hands, when I attempted to embark on the journey toward further education, just to be hindered by one situation or the other. Initially, the commitment of family and then the lack of money were my greatest hindrances. Never-the-less, the desire to pursue a college education stayed strong. I see now that this desire has perhaps been one of the greatest motivating factors in my life -- my reason to get up each morning -- knowing that one day I will reach my dream. On numerous occasions I have shelved my college education plans, just to take them out and dust them off, for another whirl of a try. The point is, I have never given up and I won't give up! I will not let circumstances that surround me, the naysayers that confront me, write my destiny. The one constant in my life is my desire to succeed and eventually receive the letters... PhD. And also at this juncture I have the support of my darling husband, which means a lot to me.