MOC Day 14 Time to Grow Up

Credits:
Rachel Jefferies | Lynn Grieveson Hear My Voice Learning
Rachel Jefferies | Lynn Grieveson Hear My Voice Questioning (let it teach you word art)

Journaling:
These pictures were taken before I started school at the University of San Diego in the Fall of 1982. I did not want to go to college. I did not want to leave home. I was way too dependent on my Mom and she knew it. She forced me to go to college because she knew I needed it. She did all my entrance paperwork and kept me on the ball to apply. I only did it because she wanted it for me so badly. This day was me seeing where I would be living and acquainting myself with the school. The day finally came and I drove with my parents with a sick stomach and squelching the fear and the tears in my eyes. When they left me, I never felt more desolate in my life up to that time. As time went on and I made friends, I learned to like school and the fun times that were to come. Looking back on that experience, my Mom knew exactly what I needed, and I learned a big lesson: That I could take care of myself, and I was not a little girl anymore. I learned that you need to do things that you don’t want to or don’t think you can do because they are the right thing to do and you will find the strength you need to do them. Looking back now on this experience, going to college was life-changing for me. I grew up there and came home a woman. Soon I would face more adversity, but college helped me grow up to know that I would be okay and that the sun will continue to rise each day.