Well, I've made it to March! Things are going good. Life is starting to lay itself out at my feet. I recently (Monday) received a phone call from the University of Oregon Special Ed Department to set up an interview. I am so happy about this. I can't believe that this is what I am supposed to do, but I feel most confident about it. I know that it isn't going to be an easy task at all, but with the support from everyone around me I know I will succeed. I can't even describe my support circle and how much they mean to me. All of you. You are amazing. I couldn't have done it without YOU. I love all of you so much. I've been so blessed to have come across the people I have. Each individual has helped to shape me into the person I am now. And I'm so grateful. I feel like I've just won an Oscar and am up onstage delivering my 5-minute speech, thanking everyone I know. Even though I am not yet accepted into the program, I feel like I've already been because of all the people that support me by encouraging me and showing me they care. Thank you.
I've finished reading Aron Ralston's, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place." Let me tell you, it was brutal. But I enjoyed reading it because I wanted to hear about his experience. That's what we do, we read to hear about other people's experiences hoping to one day have an experience similar to theirs. I don't want to have quite that intense of an experience, and I'm pretty sure he didn't plan on it, but to appreciate and be close to nature--that is what I want. I have some places that I would love to visit. I think all of those plans will have to be put on hold for awhile if I get into grad school, but to just be able to think about the places and start saving money to one day go there... it's an amazing feeling. It gives me that official feeling that life is here. Right now. It's starting, whether I want to grow up or not isn't relevant anymore. I AM grown up. Here I am. Take me or leave me, but here I am.
I love this quote by Kahlil Gibran, "Forget not that the Earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." We can't forget about nature. The Earth has given so much to us, but what have we given it? Pollution, we've killed trees, forests. We've over-fished the oceans so bad that the fish left in the ocean are dying because they have nothing to eat, we throw garbage in the ocean.... The list goes on and on. Some cities are so full of pollution in the air that they can't even SEE the stars in the sky at night... That is NO way to live. And I won't ever live like that. I guess what I'm saying here is do your part. Help the Earth to live on. We can't continue to treat it like this.
http://www.pattfoundation.org/what-can-you-do/individual/reduce/index.php
This discussion goes full circle. If I want to thank the people that have helped me, I want to share this with them as well. We're all in this together. So here I am, sharing my innermost fears, thoughts, bursts of hysteria... Thank you for reading.
Peace.
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