Week 4 Free Choice Entry - The Journey Is Almost Done

Here we are in month 11 with one more to go. There are so many emotions running through me that they are hard to catalog. I don't wish I didn't feel them because I have earned each and every one: excitement, fear, pride, chaos, jubilation, madness, deliriousness, hopefulness, and wonderment. Each one has taken me through a stage in this journey to my Masters degree. There were even moments of panic when I wasn't sure if I could do it. And that's where my classmates turned friends came in.

They knew where I was in my journey, what I was feeling every step of the way, and how to reassure and support me all the way through. I counted on them as my critical friends for my Action Research and as my close friends through some hard tribulations of my life. They became my support: Kimberly Coast, Amanda Beery, Nathan Eshe, Tom Kowalewski and Joy Flack in particular. I, in turn, have been theirs as well. We have become more than we set out to be: classmates turned family.

Though the journey was long, our destination is more than worth it. As we walk across that stage, we will reflect on what it took to get there. Yet what it took to get there is far more than our deepest imaginings for what it took to get there are our FRIENDS AND FAMILY!! The bond we have is something that can never be taken from us. We met for school, we remain for life! Thank you to all of you.