Honestly at the start of the day I was happy to be graduating, but I didn't think it was a big enough occasion to invite guests, or buy a new dress, or really even talk about. I almost forgot to even pick up my cap and gown... I mean its just an Associates Degree, right?! By the end of the day I realized how wrong I was! As I stood in the check in line, I watched as students greeted and talked with family members and exchanged hugs and well wishes. When we lined up by majors with our fellow classmates, it started to get more surreal. I was standing in a room full of people who had (for the most part) worked their asses off to be standing where they were. Then I thought about the 14 years it took me to get back in school in the first place, I thought about how high my anxiety had been on the first day of class last January, I thought about the endless homework, the midterms, the finals, the projects, the dissected frogs, the late nights of studying, I thought about how proud I was to make Dean's List and how mad I was when they took sweet potato fries off the cafe menu. And that made me think...maybe it is a big deal...maybe graduating with honors was worth someone coming to watch...maybe we all deserved a little pat on the back after working so hard. Maybe we earned the many praises we got today. So thank you, thank you for your prayers, your well wishes, your positive thoughts and energy when I didnt think I could get it done. Thank you for believing in me when I thought I had nothing left. Although my name was called and I walked across the stage, every single person that supported me, walked with me. Thank you. See yall in 2021!!! #bachelorsupnext #GSU19 #wedidthat #igraduatedwithhonors #themarathoncontinues #ivebeenwaitingtousethathashtag✌🏾 #finallyacollegegrad 5.7.19 (at Georgia State University-Clarkston Perimeter College) https://www.instagram.com/jessekayshae/p/BxL4NJyhfPjzyjjDgPxsSq7eOORbZEghuLwKnY0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s9xheih33e58
