In "normal people time", I should have graduated in 2008 and well on my way to a masters degree. After years of non-stop school, swimming in classes I wasn't sure I needed, and being just simply....indecisive, I finally knuckled down a bachelors degree major in 2008. I found my passion because of a lovely woman's words that have been the driving force of my student career.
Those words were from my mother.
"Find out what you LOVE, and find a way to make money doing it"
After hearing her say it to me and hundreds of her admiring students, something clicked one day.
What was I passionate about? health, I knew that. Nursing? meh, too depressing for me. Physical therapy? I'm not sure I want to get a doctorate I'm not sure I will use (like when I'm a mama). Nutrition? ah ha! now we are getting somewhere.
After looking at the courses required I hesitated again....it is mainly science based, lots of chemistry and chemistry is my weakness.
After talking with that same lovely woman on what I should do she asked "Well what is stopping you from majoring in nutrition? I can hear in your voice the excitement you get from it?" and I replied "Chemistry. Lots of chemistry, and that is my weakness" and she retorted simply, "well that is just a small hump to get over to get to the thing you want". and of course, she is right! How long are classes? a semester is only a few months. A few months of torture, I can do this.....
So here I am, one more semester and I graduate with a bachelors degree in Nutrition (Dietetics) from an ADA accredited University (ASU). I found my passion...I love the fact that what you eat can effect your entire well being and can determine what diseases you will and won't get. It's just amazing to me how much control we have over the way we age inside and out by what we place in our mouth- we can even turn off what we are genetically predisposed to! AMAZING! (are you sensing the passion?)
So here is to you sweet mother! Thank you for your guidance, your wisdom, your strength, your example, and especially your love.
I love you.
Because of you I have found what I love, now I just need to find a way to make money doing it!
