Finishing school.....20 years later.

Registered for classes to start on August 25, 2014 - new degree declared in Marketing - it's go time.

When I graduated from Beacon High School in 1991 (go Bulldogs!) I went into a small, private business school and got a quick Certificate in Business and moved to Boston.   My plan was to move to Boston, get a job and register for school part time at a Community or State College...I was on my way!

That was over 20 years ago.


The move to Boston was great, I got jobs doing office temp work locally and was happy to get a permanent job at the local paper writing legal ads.  I registered at Middlesex Community College (Environmental Technology Degree Program) and I was on my way!

At one point, I even scored a killer job working in local public health that gave me the experience and education in order to pursue a career in environmental and public health - I was going to change the world!!!! 

Life had other plans for me.

Shortly after I registered for school - Rick and I were engaged to be married.  As a married couple, I continued to take classes at the school in the evenings, and things were moving along. 

Within six month of being married - Rick got sick;  my plans of going to school at night changed to taking one of the first online classes that the school had ever hosted (I was a pioneer!).  As his treatments progressed, we found out that I was pregnant.....another change.

(there is a very sad story in this area, a story for another time)  - Let's skip ahead.

Widowed and a single mother at 24, I had to take some time off in order to try and make sense of what happened to me.  I was young and scared to death  - one minute I was starting my life and family - the next I had nothing.   School was no longer a priority - my baby (Abbey) was.  

As a few years passed (by few I mean 5-7 years), I started to take one or two classes at the Community College again - online classes.  It was ridiculously hard.  Working full time,  full time mom and student wasn't going to work.   I had to take it down a bit and take one class every semester - I received my Associates Degree in 2007 - 10 years after I started.... and I've been continuing toward my bachelors degree since then... which seems like forever.

At this time in my life, it's important for me to finish - not just to get the degree - but to show my daughter (who is no longer a baby anymore) that she can do anything that she sets her mind to.


If my math is correct (and I believe it is) I will have my BS in Marketing in one year from this month.

.....oh....and I WILL walk across a stage and graduate....you bet your ass I will. 

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