In our paper, paper #2-cretivity, I found that while my relationship with my mom is rocky at best, I have a great amount of respect for her. Over the course of the last few weeks since spring break I have been struggling to keep afloat academically. The whole load of all my classes came crashing down on my head and shoulders. I have been a rollercoaster ride of emotions-- crying, self-loathing, telling myself that I can do it, resolving to the good old- “all you can do is the best you can do,” and back again to self-loathing… I have something against succeeding I think, at least on a subconscious level. But, I look back to my childhood, well from 5th and 6th grade, and I see my mom struggling to raise two kids, go to school full-time, work as much as she could, and try to have some moments of free time. I see that sacrifices she made, and though there are some that I don’t necessarily agree with, she made it happen. She went to nursing school and became an LPN, then worked for a year to gain some real-life experience. After that year she went to Marian College in Indianapolis, now Marian University, full-time in a two year, accelerated program and is now and has been working as a Registered Nurse for over 15 years.
She has seen her fair share of obstacles in life, and as humans we all make mistakes, but she survived and is an incredibly strong woman because of it all. For this, I have incredible respect for her as a person, a woman, and as my Mother.
To all of those who seek academic ends, which are seemingly never ending, here is the one thing that I have learned—Keep at it, keep at it, and keep at it. It isn’t easy and it shouldn’t be, this is the rest of our lives and creating that kind of sturdy foundation should be laborious.
I have a great amount of respect to all who seek this path and find the strength to make it through.
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