Gratitude
As we near the end of the semester, I feel a great sense of relief. Not because my classes have been more than I could handle per se, but because life in general has felt very heavy over the past few months. I decided to take a lighter semester next term to really allow myself time to focus on enjoying the summer with my children. I look forward to this summer with great hope that it will be a time of rest and that when the fall comes around, I will have the strength and energy to jump back into the weightier classes with full force. Even as I have struggled these last few months, however, I have been extremely grateful for what my studies have given me this semester. I have had wonderful professors who have taken an interest in me and also in the personal challenges that I have faced recently. I have had classes that were interesting and personally fulfilling on levels that helped me reevaluate my life and rediscover things that I knew about myself b...