I wasn’t looking to go back to college, but IU kept showing up on my timeline for some reason. When it did show up on my timeline it was for the Graphic Arts degree. I kept passing it by and ignoring. I felt I was too “old” for school and it isn’t worth it for me to go into debt. I do horrible at school and have failed out in any attempt of hire education.
I do a lot of crafting from woodburning, woodcarving, painting and crocheting. I have always been crafty and always loved to do anything using my hands building things, designing blankets to crochet or any of my other crafts. Used to be I wasn’t in any kind of shape to do these things though and it depressed me.
I got sober January 10, 2017, and turned back to God and have been so very blessed and grateful. I got back into doing my thing, crafting, bought a kayak and spent many hours out on the water alone meditating, praying and thinking.
I finally decided not to pass up that ad on my timeline anymore. I felt that it was a calling from God to change my life even more. I have been doing the same type of work for 36 years and I am so overly bored with it. I have been kickin’ schools butt this time around! 4.0 GPA President’s List and National Honor Society. This has given so much back to me mentally. I am no longer a failure, and I know this journey that I am on right now is going to take me places I never imagined, because I am doing what I never imagined right now. IU has changed my life, and for that I am so very grateful, I love everyone at IU that I have interacted with, you all rock and are awesome!