This chapter has not been easy, but I am grateful for the strength and focus Allah has blessed me with to bring it to a close. Â I get excited by the standards and expectations I set for myself at times. But, if your aspirations are not stimulating, you are not living. I cannot wait to see how my manifestations unfold for me. Â
To be favored by Allah is the greatest honor. I am forever grateful to Him for guiding me to yet another beautiful moment in my life.
Finding balance in my life as a full-time remote grad student can be difficult at any level of education, but itâs not impossible. I have come to discover that itâs important to understand that everybody is different, so what may have worked for other grad students may not necessarily work for me, and thatâs ok.
At 46, I am the woman my 36-year-old self would have loved to be in the company of and the same woman my 26-year-old self would have felt inspired by. I was breaking generational curses every time I completed an assignment. I am my ancestorâs wildest dreams. Everything will work out in my favor. So, I will continue to walk in my purpose, to see what the end will be. I will keep my faith, and I will be successful, APIDTA.
There is nothing more beautiful and empowering than a woman who knows what she wants and stops at nothing to get it. She is me and I am her. Easy was never promised, the degree was. I possess the power to open the door my creator has for me and grant me the life I deserve.
The wait was not punishment, it was preparation. T-minus 35 days until I graduate and walk across the stage at Full Sail University. Ma, you wonât be there physically, but Iâll carry your love and essence with me on that day and all the rest thereafter, for as long as I have breath in my body. Forever grateful, I love you and miss you.