So graduation day has come and gone. I am now a Master of Education. I can definitely say that the hooding ceremony was really nice, but graduate commencement was long . . . The family came up, which was great. We tooled around the area, went out to eat at a couple of nice restaurants and spent time at my cohort party, where they got to meet the people I have studied and spent time with for the past two years. They left earlier today, so now I just have a little more time to say goodbye to the area, my friends and close up this chapter of my life.

When I was at the cohort party, I was asked a question by one of my professors about who I am now after two more years of school. I can say that I am a little wiser, a little more confident and a little more sure of what I enjoying doing and the direction I hope to take. Beyond jumping into the work world, I plan on trying to engage in another area of my life that has been lacking for quite some time. I was in love once and hope to find it again. I want to try and reach out a little more, try to find more meaning in the activities I engage in and the people I spend time with. I hope to eventually find that one person who will make me happy and begin to write that chapter of my life.

This is my story . . .