Paths Not Taken

Well, my month long break from school is ova beginning on Tuesday. I had to take a break last month because the classes that the school was offering, I had already taken and they were transfered from the other college I attended. I’m not complaining though, going to college has always been a dream of mine and so at the age of 33 im half way there. I’m anticipating on graduating by December. My major is Business Administration with a concetration in Management. Before my mother died, I promised her that I would go to college and get a degree. Eventhough she’s no longer here, I know she would be proud of me, and my dad will finally see his baby girl walk across that stage to get her degree. After that, I will get my Masters…..(Go me)!

The one person that encouraged me to do this in the first place is my best friend. She’s one of the most intelligent people that I know. She has a Masters in Education and is a great teacher. I’m so glad to have her as a friend.

It’s hard going to school, married, and have children at the same time……..but once I receive that degree, it will all be worth the blood, sweat, and tears. Just goes to show that your never too old to learn (not that 33 is old, but you know what I mean). I want to show my little girls that they can do anything that they set their minds to and that college is NOT an option…..either you go, or you got to get the hell up out of here!!! One or the other!!!!

I try to tell my young female clients that they should go back to school, whether it’s to get their high school diploma or GED or even a degree in something, but it goes in one ear and out the other. Oh well, the choice is theirs.

Going back to school, married, and raising children is hard, but the rewards are great!!!!

This woman’s work is never done!!!!

LOVE AND A QUESTION

A stranger came to the door at eve,

And spoke the bridegroom fair.

He bore a green-white stick in his hand,

And, for all burden, care.

He asked with the eyes more than the lips

For a shelter for the night,

And he turned and looked at the road afar

Without a window light.

The bridegroom came forth into the porch

With, "Let us look at the sky,

And question what of the night to be,

Stranger, you and I."

The woodbine leaves littered the yard,

The woodbine berries were blue,

Autumn, yes, winter was in the wind;

"Stranger, I wish I knew."

Within, the bride in the dusk alone

Bent over the open fire,

Her face rose-red with the glowing coal

And the thought of the heart’s desire.

Yet saw but her within,

And wished her heart in a case of gold

And pinned with a silver pin.

The bridegromm thought it little to give

A dole of bread, a purse,

A heartfelt prayer for the poor of God,

Or for the rich a curse;

But whether or not a man was asked

To mar the love of two

By harboring woe in the bridal house,

The bridegroom wished he knew.

*This poem is from a collection of Robert Frost poems, who by the way is my FAVORITE poet….LOVES me some Robert Frost*