Ladies and Gentlemen...
Seven years after graduating from high school, after BYU Idaho and a year off and a move to Utah and semesters off in between and the elementary ed program and an internship teaching second grade...I GRADUATED.
Now, I understand that it takes most people four years to get their bachelors degree. I didn't make that cut off. I remember so many times crying over school and money and work...how was I going to do it? I wanted to quit. But I didn't. And now I have a degree and a teaching license and a year of teaching under my belt. I couldn't be happier about my career path, and although it has felt like an awfully long journey, I know it's only just beginning.
Oh and, it doesn't hurt when you've got incredible friends and family by your side.