I can remember the pure joy and excitement as if it was yesterday. Jumping up and down on my queen-sized bed screaming at the top of my lungs, my mom on the other end of the phone...I could hear het calling out my name. - I was holding the cordless phone in my hand, my baby boy clapping (not sure what was going on but sharing in my joy). My mother had called with unbelievable news...news I'd prayed and waited for. News that I was certain would come because I'd work so hard for...news that would change our future - single mother of 2- Registered Nurse license "I'M A RN MOMMA OMG I'M A RN." ...'I'm so proud of of you baby. I knew you would have pass, without a doubt, I already knew.' September 1999 Ca RN - AA, AS π I was a statistic: pregnant teen at age 17, didn't graduate and told by Ms Arroyo at Compton Community College (1995) because I did graduate high school or have a GED I couldn't become a RN and should consider another career path. I assured her my lack of diploma wasn't because I wasn't smart but because I gave birth in January and graduation was June... But to the contrary of her belief I am HIGHLY intelligent and will become a RN. I took GED tests a week or so later (passing 1st time no prep) registered for FT classes and went on to earn my AA 1997 (3.8 GPA*) & was accepted to CCC ADN program - graduated w/ AS 5/1999 & Cert of Completion and approval to sit for state boards. First in my class to sit for and pass (9/99) without taking a prep course. π NEVER LET ANYONE DETER YOU FROM YOUR GOALS. Decide what you want to do. Make a plan (write it. recite it. do it). You have to actually (incision) see your goals as if they already happened. Repeat the steins out loud until they become second nature. If you believe it. You can achieve it <in my R. Kelly voice >
