in 12 hours I'll be at my college graduation sitting in the audience waiting to walk across the stage to get my degree. its all so surreal because i remember starting this journey back in 2013 thinking i'd graduate within 4 years. well here we are, 13 years later, with that same fire just a little more discipline this time.
i've cried. i've laughed. i've thanked God a many of times too. i can't sleep because i'm nervous & excited. my best friend drove from washington d.c to come to my graduation. my mom! my mom made the drive an hour away just to see me. and she told me something that almost made me burst into tears. may 8th was my biological father's birthday. i walk across the stage may 9th. he passed when i was really young, so in some way it's like he's with me. i just can't get over what are the odds this is happening at this moment.
all in all, i'm thankful. this wasn't easy. i felt lonely many of days. i wanted to give up plenty of times... but i made it! cheers to me ☺️