Graduation Day!

May 23rd marked the end of the “nursing school” chapter of my life.  It was a day to remember, and I’m so glad I had friends and family there to share it with me.  The diploma is great….having another degree is great too, but having my friends and family there to celebrate with me made the day the MOST special! 

Several of my classmates and I all wore green and purple ribbons on our gowns at graduation.  We made these to honor and remember Mrs. Selvester.  She meant the WORLD to so many of us, and we wanted to remember her on this day because she was so instrumental in us walking across that stage.  And for me personally, Mrs. Selvester was instrumental in me wanting to continue on in my nursing education and eventually teach!  This was the least we could do to honor her. 

Here are some pictures of the actual ceremony!   

Like I mentioned before, here are the PEOPLE who came to graduation that made it so special!!

Here’s my family!

 

And more family…the Foote family!  Cindy has become my big sister since I have lived in San Antonio.  I’ve always wanted a big sister, in fact, I prayed since I was a little girl that God would give me a big sister…He answered that prayer in Cindy, and I am so thankful!  Cindy and Libs came to graduation and Billy and Gracie met us for lunch afterward.

 

It was also really sweet to have Mrs. Selvester’s husband, her dad, and Bailey sitting with my family at graduation.  It’s no secret how big of an impact Mrs. Selvester was in my life and how important she was to this day.  I was glad they were able and willing to come out and support her students!  It meant a lot to us all!  Let’s not forget the friends who graduated with me and have been a blessing throughout these last two years.  

 WE DID IT!!!

Incase you’ve made it this far and are curious…..I’m still a Fightin’ Texas Aggie through and through!  It was painful to wear the burnt orange, but somehow I made it through.  When I received my diploma, I gave everyone a big “GIG ‘EM!!”  Gig ‘em Aggies!!!!

A Long Overdue Update: Graduation Weekend

My family came in town to celebrate graduation weekend with me, and we had such a good time.  It’s not very often that all 5 of us are in the same place at the same time anymore.  I got a Spring*field XD Sub*compact 9mm as my graduation gift, and I couldn’t  have been more thrilled.  If you notice, my mom is holding her pink gun she got as her Mother’s Day present this year.  I guess that officially makes us a “redneck” family…guns as gifts for special occasions! 

   

We drove to Corpus one day…went to the aquarium…walked on the beach…and just hung out as a family.  We had such a fun time! 

Saturday evening was supposed to be the pinning ceremony for nursing school.  I originally was excited about the ceremony because it’s a nursing tradition…and we all know I LOVE traditions.  :)  I then found out that they were going to be doing the ceremony differently than it had been done before.  Long story short….I was going to have to stand up in front of people and speak into a microphone…I HATE doing things like that….got nervous…and backed out.  Do I regret it?  Absolutely not!  There are just some things in life that aren’t worth the stress, and to me, speaking in front of people when it isn’t absolutely necessary is one of those things!  No worries though, we had our own family pinning ceremony on the rooftop garage at my apartment complex where my dad pinned me.  In my opinion, it will be much more memorable than the other…with so much less stress involved.                                              

After our pinning ceremony, we had dinner with my group of friends from nursing school.  I love these girls to pieces!  I’m not sure how I would have managed the last two years of nursing school without them!  Each of them are truly a blessing, and I’m so thankful that the Lord chose to put them in my life.  All of us were excited to get our families together and celebrate our graduation from nursing school.  

 

Graduation was the following morning, but that deserves a post in and of itself!