Saturday, July 13, 2019
My College Goal
I enrolled in college at Lone Star in January 2019. I am earning my associates degree in Business Management. I believe this degree will help me further my career at Cameron Drilling Systems or it may take me to better opportunities elsewhere. My goal is to graduate by the summer of 2021. I am going to class at the Cy-Fair location (Lone Star - CyFair) and also taking classes online. Taking classes online was scary for me because I have always been an in-classroom learner but surprisingly it has not been as bad as I thought. This is my second semester at Lone Star and I am really enjoying the experience. My professors have been so amazing and helpful and I am learning so much. I look forward to gaining more knowledge in the next two years.
My Inspiration
My inspiration for going back to college is my son.....Gage Lee
I always wanted to be a mom.
When I married my first husband, we tried for 5 years to have a baby with no luck. I gave up on the thought that I was ever going to become a mom and prayed to God to heal my heart and help me move on with my life. 3 months after "giving up" on that thought I found out I was pregnant. I was over the moon excited. At 30 weeks pregnant, I went into labor and had Gage 10 weeks early. Talk about one of the scariest moments of my life. I prayed for this child for so long and now I could lose him. He was born weighing 3 lbs 3 oz.
He had troubles breathing on his own, eating and regulating his temperature. We spent 5 weeks in the NICU. Surprisingly, his doctors were amazed at how well he was doing for being so early. I vowed while he was in the NICU I was going to do everything I had ever planned to do in life to make my son proud of his mom. One of those goals was to go back to college and earn my degree. It took me 10 years to work up the courage to face my fear and do it, but I have no regrets of the amount of time it took me to go back. I went back is what counts and am working on achieving that goal as we speak. When times get hard and I think about giving up, I look at my son and remember why I am doing this. Not only for him but for myself and our family.
When I married my first husband, we tried for 5 years to have a baby with no luck. I gave up on the thought that I was ever going to become a mom and prayed to God to heal my heart and help me move on with my life. 3 months after "giving up" on that thought I found out I was pregnant. I was over the moon excited. At 30 weeks pregnant, I went into labor and had Gage 10 weeks early. Talk about one of the scariest moments of my life. I prayed for this child for so long and now I could lose him. He was born weighing 3 lbs 3 oz.
He had troubles breathing on his own, eating and regulating his temperature. We spent 5 weeks in the NICU. Surprisingly, his doctors were amazed at how well he was doing for being so early. I vowed while he was in the NICU I was going to do everything I had ever planned to do in life to make my son proud of his mom. One of those goals was to go back to college and earn my degree. It took me 10 years to work up the courage to face my fear and do it, but I have no regrets of the amount of time it took me to go back. I went back is what counts and am working on achieving that goal as we speak. When times get hard and I think about giving up, I look at my son and remember why I am doing this. Not only for him but for myself and our family.
Introduction
Hi,
My name is Sarah. I am 39 years old and live in Katy, TX. I originally grew up in Minnesota and moved to Texas 12 years ago. I am married to a wonderful man Domonik. We have been together for 7 years and married 5 years this month. I have a 10-year-old son named Gage. We just bought our first home together last month. I am a Senior Lab Technician in an R&D Lab for Cameron Drilling systems. My main job is to conduct testing on the material before it can be used to make parts for the oil rigs. I have been with Cameron for 11 years now and love my job. I learn something new every day. We have 3 dogs, Gizmo, Gracie and Gus (did you notice we have a "G" theme for names in our household haha) and a hedgehog named Spike. If you would like to become friends on Facebook and follow my life and journey, you can add me following this link:
Sarah's Facebook Page
A picture of my family:
I named my blog "Achieving Goals At Any Age" because I am a firm believer in you are never too old to achieve any goal you want in life. I have been out of high school for 21 years now. I have always wanted to go to college but either could not afford it or the biggest reason was fear. I feared that I was too "old" to go back to school, could I be successful going back to school and earn my degree, or could I handle working full time, being a wife, mom and running a household while going back to college. Ever since my son was born I made a promise I would get my college degree. I hate that it took 10 years to finally start this journey, but the key thing is that I finally did it. I finally faced my fear. Yes, the journey may be hard at times, but looking at my son reminds me why I am doing this. I want him to see that his mom did all that she set out to do. A great article I read that has helped me gain the confidence to achieve any goals I set out to is:
It's never too late
My name is Sarah. I am 39 years old and live in Katy, TX. I originally grew up in Minnesota and moved to Texas 12 years ago. I am married to a wonderful man Domonik. We have been together for 7 years and married 5 years this month. I have a 10-year-old son named Gage. We just bought our first home together last month. I am a Senior Lab Technician in an R&D Lab for Cameron Drilling systems. My main job is to conduct testing on the material before it can be used to make parts for the oil rigs. I have been with Cameron for 11 years now and love my job. I learn something new every day. We have 3 dogs, Gizmo, Gracie and Gus (did you notice we have a "G" theme for names in our household haha) and a hedgehog named Spike. If you would like to become friends on Facebook and follow my life and journey, you can add me following this link:
Sarah's Facebook Page
A picture of my family:
I named my blog "Achieving Goals At Any Age" because I am a firm believer in you are never too old to achieve any goal you want in life. I have been out of high school for 21 years now. I have always wanted to go to college but either could not afford it or the biggest reason was fear. I feared that I was too "old" to go back to school, could I be successful going back to school and earn my degree, or could I handle working full time, being a wife, mom and running a household while going back to college. Ever since my son was born I made a promise I would get my college degree. I hate that it took 10 years to finally start this journey, but the key thing is that I finally did it. I finally faced my fear. Yes, the journey may be hard at times, but looking at my son reminds me why I am doing this. I want him to see that his mom did all that she set out to do. A great article I read that has helped me gain the confidence to achieve any goals I set out to is:
It's never too late
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