So I'm currently laying in the bed at a hotel that I'm sharing with my LS's awaiting the babyshower of another sister this afternoon and I can't help but wonder about where the time went? The last I remember we were new initiates into Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc ready to take the world by storm! Now as I look around I see lawyers, teachers, political activists, grad students, and mothers. I'm so proud of them but as the newest graduate of the bunch--I can't help bit wonder if and when I will find my niche in the world as they have.
I am a newly graduate with a bachelors of science in Chemistry. Sounds good right? Wrong! Chemistry is a broad topic with many avenues to choose for research;too many if you ask me. All I know is that I LOVE chemistry! Yes---I did say love. It started when I was about nine years old. My mother became really ill. I watched as doctors prescribed pill after pill to help her until we finally realized that she had stage 3/4 breast cancer. This was circa 1997 so alot of new medicine that is available now wasn't available back then. In my eyes, the treatments made her sicker so I decided to make her medicine myself. No----she did not take my medicine but she appreciated the thought. The next Christmas after her death, I asked for a chemistry set. It wasn't until years later that my stylist, a devout Christian would tell me that sometimes God likes to alter our lives early so that we can see our true purpose and follow in that path. And I followed that path all the way to a bachelor's degree which leads me back to my current problem. What's next for me? In a failing economy and high unemployment rates, what's next for me? I can't work this little part time forever. There's something better out there for me. I know it is but until then I don't mind being in the presence of greatness. Afterall, iron sharpens iron.
