FINALLY... a College Graduate

In 1979 I applied to SUNY Purchase. I was not accepted. It took me more than thirty years to graduate college with stops at the following institutions of higher education:

• Nassau Community College
  
• The New York School of Interior Design (a lot of you had no clue about that one, right?)
  
• Pace University (where I took Anatomy & Physiology because I thought it would be fun...OK, it was fun but HARD. I think I got a B. I was THE only person in the class who was not a nursing major.)
  
• And last, but never least, Purchase College.

Many of my friends can boast multiple degrees that they received before they turned 30. 

I, apparently, had to live a little.

I am raising two amazing teenagers who will be experiencing college very soon. Their experience will be far different than mine. But it will be a place of magic for them and a place where their dreams will soar. Much as I expect them to.

And so, with a breadth of life experience, wisdom and age, I am delighted to say I persevered, got a kick in the ass from friends who said, "GO FOR IT," and now, I can finally add college graduate to my resume. 

An 8-1/2" x 11" piece of paper that doesn't change me at all, and yet...it totally does.

How's THAT for the greatest Valentine's Day card ever?

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