Nursing School

If you haven't met me yet I am graduating college in 4 months (April 27th, 2008?) and can't believe it! I have worked so hard through nursing school and I am so excited! It has totally been God's grace that has helped me survive college. I have been put up against every trial you could possibly think of. Here I will let you into a quick glimpse of the last 2 years......When I first applied to nursing school I was told I probably wouldn't get in because I didn't have a good enough grade point average of a 2.9. I was told by a professor at George Fox University ( where I go to college) that I didn't have the brains to be a nurse, I have been told by someone else in the program that I should highly consider another major and as a result I began to worry and stress my way into having gastric ulcers (ouch!). The result of my first semester in nursing school, my professors telling me I couldn't do it and living with ulcers for over half the semester (which means no caffeine, only eating rice, bananas, toast and sometimes turkey sandwiches for months...oh and not to forget lots of pain!) resulted in my being put on probation and almost eliminated from the program.
I came back the next semester struggling to skate by through my body trying to heal and making up for all the time I missed being so ill the semester before. Today I am proud to say that I have just finished my first semester of my senior year with all A's and one B+ and I think it has been one of my greatest accomplishments.
See I have never been the kid that anything ever really came easy too! I like most, like to think that I have had to work hard for most things in my life and things just don't seem to come easy to me. But when someone tells you that you can't do something and then you work hard to prove someone wrong.....it's just....I can't even describe it! The best part is it's really God's faithfulness. I mean....yeah I have worked stinkin hard but he knows the desires of my heart and this is a plan he has for my life and has been so faithful in his promise to pick me up when I fall and help me cross the finish line at graduation! That will be a great day!