Well, as my long (and sometimes tedious) road came to end this past weekend I couldn't help but take a step back and think about all the work and effort it took to get to this day. 4 1/2 years of college later, a wedding and a home bought...had you asked me 6 years ago if this is where I thought I would be my answer without a doubt would have been "no".
When my mom and I went on our very first tour of CCSU (even before I knew if I was going there or not) my mind was solely on the idea that I was actually being given the chance to not only to go to college but to be doing it with the help and support of my family and friends. The tour soon be turn into "moving into dorm day" where I met people who I am still friends with today. Within a week I realized how little I really knew about myself. Although I always felt very independent, it wasn't until I was living outside my parents house that I realized how much I really could do. Don't get my wrong, I was in a dorm so I wasn't completely independent...but compared with what I was used to...it felt pretty independent.
I had no one forcing me to go to classes...no one reminding me I had homework or a paper that was due. I was only an hour away from my parents but it was the first time that I ever (somewhat) moved out. It's interesting because people say that how the student was raised really takes first place when decision on right and wrong is decided. Well somewhere in the 18 years (the age when I first started college) my parents said or did something that stuck because I made it through in one piece and definitely a better person.
In those 4 1/2 years I became the adult I would like to think my parents would be proud to call their own. I've fallen in love with my Jesus Christ. I became a wife that my husbands appreciates everyday as he wakes up. And a homeowner in the crazy mixed up economy we are in right now.
I've attempted to be pretty modest through this whole process...but now that I have walked in the CCSU graduation ceremony and made it "official" I can't help but yell out from the rooftops "I DID IT...AND I AM PROUD OF MYSELF".
The world is mine to take...and that world looks pretty amazing from my view point.
4 comments:
Congratulations! A long journey with lots of exciting changes. Graduation closes the door of one part of your life and opens a whole new set of possibilities. It is good to look back and reflect and understand what has happened to mold us, in order that we can continue to grow into the person the Lord wants us to be by His Word and His Grace. Mom F
Congratulations Kristina!! What did you study?
Thanks Eden!!!!
I have a Bachelors in English with my minor in Psychology!
Congrats!! Seeing your pics brought back some good college grad memories :)...those 6 years ago!
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