Reminiscing

It is hard to believe how my past has helped form my present. Five years ago I would have never imagined the events that have brought me to today. Five years ago I was in eighth grade! I cannot believe that I have come so far in my life.

What major events have I gone through in the past five years that I would have never expected? I believe when I began high school I started teaching Sign Language. I very quickly went from a dedicated student to an apprehensive teacher. By the time I reached my senior year of high school I was so glad that I had the opportunity to teach because it made me believe that I should pursue a teaching career considering the experience already gained. Since graduating college, I am not sure teaching is what I want to do. Never would have expected that major change of mind.

My college career was much more difficult than I thought it would have been my junior year of high school. I still remember my first day of English class in my senior year of high school when my professor came up to me and told me I needed to be vaccinated so I wouldn't pick up various STD's during my college career. I am pretty sure my face turned lobster-red. Again, I thought I was going to be completely estranged from that man, but by the end of the semester he had agreed to come to church with me for the Christmas Eve service.

Those two years were difficult and challenging. Many times I came home in tears becuase I was having a difficult time maintaining my grades, being involved in various things at school and working twenty-five hours a week. But, like all things, that part of my life came to an end and I managed to receive a 3.98 GPA.

College is a very important thing in life, but men are so much more exciting. I went from my old "flame" to a man that I never would have expected to date let alone marry. Dominick DiGerlando was not on my favorite-people-list at one point. I could not stand his extremely competitive, proud nature when he was in middle school. All of a sudden, I realized what a nice guy he was and I could see he was different than most men. When I was 16 he asked me out. When we graduated from high school he decided to change his major and go from Lehigh University to the Golf Academy of America in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Those two years were very rocky for Dom and me. That time was difficult mostly because of decisions I had made that I am still struggling with today. Who would have known that four years later we would become man and wife.

That very quickly brings us to present day when I am trying to become a resident of Maryland. Previously I would have thought the only connection I would have had to Maryland would be coming for vacation purposes. I can hardly believe that I have an apartment, a job and a church here in the state. As I sit here on my couch, alone, it is hard for me to fathom what tomorrow will bring let alone what happpens within this next year. I plan on trying to enroll at a university here, maybe get a new job, who knows! Thank God that He is in control and no matter what happens He is here for me and has walked before me. Am I ready for the future? Probably not, but I am okay with that.