Today my mom graduated from Texas Women's University! This degree has been a loooonnngggg time in the making. She started college when she was younger, took a significant break, and then started taking a couple classes at a time when I was in junior high. I am so proud of her for continuing to work hard to earn her diploma. I remember once that my Grammy (my dad's mom) said that she thought it was so incredible that women can earn degrees and wished that she could have gone to college. Grammy would be so excited for my mom today!
My mom is a wonderful example of working hard for what you want to achieve. She didn't just show up from class, she excelled. Sometimes we make fun of her for being such a "nerd," but we love her and know that she always does her best. My mom loves to learn. Her favorite professor even told her she's welcome to come back and sit in on his class anytime. She probably will :)
If you look at the program, her name is 5th name in the 3rd column. Amy Elizabeth Schmidt Merbler. Cum Laude. That's right! She graduated with honors! Way to go mom!
They pronounced her name correctly when she walked across the stage. It's hard when your last name is Merbler. Trust me, I was there once.
Eva will be proud of her Mamy one day when we can tell her how she worked so hard to finish school. Thanks for setting a great example for our baby! (When everybody clapped during the ceremony we told Eva they were clapping for her since she was such a good baby during the whole thing.)
Proud parents! I'm so glad they got to see her graduate.
Mygrandma and her sister. How cute are they? My mom's cousin Laurie was there too but I didn't get to take a picture of her. Laurie and my Great Aunt JoAnne drove all the way from Tennessee to see my mom walk across the stage.
My mom's best friend Leslie. Even though she is 53 I'm glad that her best friend could be there just like my best friends were there for my graduation.Happy Graduation, Mom! We love you!
Awesome!! Congratulations to your Mom! Woohoo from TWU fellow alumni!
ReplyDeleteCongralations to your mum, I always love to read about things like this. It just goes to prove that it's never to late and you're never too old. I can't even count the number of times I've had people say to me "I wish I'd gone to university but it's too late now." I always feel like hopping up and down, shouting "But why? WHY?"
ReplyDeleteThere were people in their forties and fifties on my course and that didn't seem odd at all. (In fact, I got on much better with them than I did with most of the people my own age) I don't think it's true that they would find it harder to get hold of graduate jobs either. Aside from anything, the one thing an employer wants is experience.
I just wish that more people were like your mum. Often, if they were honest with themselves, "I'm too old" or "It's too late" actually means "I'm afraid" or "It's out of the ordinary". And those aren't good enough reasons in most situations.