"I could get a lot of hours completed by enrolling in A- and B-term classes. So, I started adding on classes as soon as I realized it wasn鈥檛 as hard as I feared; you just have to stay on top of the reading and do the things they tell you to do.鈥
鈥淲hen I spoke with the coordinator, she took a look at all my credits she said, 鈥楢bsolutely you can do this. You'll have your degree in a year.鈥 At that point I'd been trying to finish this degree for 鈥 I'm not even exaggerating 鈥 20 years. I think I cried. It was this this thing that was hanging over my head that I hadn't finished.鈥
鈥淚t was some unfinished business. It was something for (my mom), something to show myself that I could do it, and something to show my children that even though things slow you down, you don鈥檛 have to quit.鈥