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National Weather Service Issue Severe Thunderstorm Warning For Cheboygan, MI; Charlevoix, MI; Emmet, MI

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Cheboygan, MI; Charlevoix, MI; Emmet, MI starting on 10/3/2018 8:54:00 PM. This event has already been observed and the event is categorized as ‘severe.’ (more…)

I am the type of person who believes there is a purpose for everything that happen even if at the time we don’t see it. Sometimes it takes years for the reasoning for an event to become clear and that is what has happened to me.

Flashing back two years ago, the spring semester of my sophomore year of college i was dealing with trying to come to terms with the death of my paternal grandmother as well as dealing with personal heath issues. It got to the point where something had to give, in keeping up with school i was doing my best but i couldn’t throw my all into everything, with classes and a advancement assessment paper. I thought through it logically and if i was going to let something slip just a little it needed to be the assessment because if i don’t pass the assessment it won’t affect my financial aid, which i need to afford school. So i did just that, i let it slip a little bit but i still did it. I gave it as close to my all as i felt i was able to at the time. When it came time to meeting with my assessor who was also happened to be my adviser, i found out that she felt that i did not do well enough to pass. Which was crushing but understandable at the same time. One thing she said to me that stays with me to this day was “You should start considering another career path other than teaching, i don’t think it is the right path for you”. She continued on to say that if i continue with teaching we will have to arrange it so that i can retake the assessment the next semester and then continue with my education course the next spring. This put me on the track to go an additional semester.

Now back to today, I decided to stick with teaching because nothing gives me a greater joy then being in the classroom helping students succeed. But her words still swim around in my head. But ,her saying that to me, forced me to prove to myself that i could do it, that this is what i am meant to do with my life. If i hadn’t failed that assessment i would have never ended up with a different group of classmates who are far more supportive and loving than the group i was with before. This group of classmates supports me in ways i never could have expected. I feel loved and i feel like no matter what the wonderful women who are in my classes will support me and help me with whatever i am dealing with. If i hadn’t failed that assessment, i wouldn’t have met most of these wonderful women. If i had never been told that i should switch career paths i never would have realized how much strength i possess to go even when it feels like the whole world is against me. 

Does this change how i feel when i think back on that day, for the most part no it doesn’t i still feel anger and frustration but now i also feel grateful that it happened because i am in surrounded by amazing people who love me and care about me. Without this moment i don’t think i would be as strong as i am now.