Those few steps...

Lets be honest here...

I stood for an hour in high heels, walked down three flights of stairs and sat in a chair for three and a half hours.... then in the moments walking towards that stage I thought to myself this is it. This is the moment I have waited for, for six years. I climbed five steps handing off my name card and heard "DreAnn Story." Those few steps meant so much. Those steps represented all the crazy moments that I would throw my papers, cry, laugh, smile, be proud of myself, feel like a complete failure, the first D I have ever received, the day I was told what an amazing lawyer I would make, every bit of knowledge I obtained, midterms, finals, papers and most of all the hard work and dedication it took to take those few steps. Walking down that red carpet back to my seat I thought holy crap I did it, wait people are staring, the smile is still there ok DreAnn watch your step... Holy Cow DreAnn look what you just did!!

There has been so many moments in life I doubted myself and so many times I wished for others to be proud of me. On Saturday though the one person that needed to be the proudest of me finally was. That person was me... I am the only person who truly knows all the ins and outs of what that degree actually entitles. This is also a huge check off the good ole bucket list for me! I am waiting for grades to see if I get to check off another one as well.

Mom and dad I want to say thank you for always believing in me and all of my crazy and wild dreams. All of my brothers and sisters and my whole family thank you for all that you have done for me. Danyl thank you so much for everything this past year and a half we have truly embarked on a whole new life and I know you are a huge part of why I finished strong this past year. To all my lovely friends for always supporting me. And Jeff, while I am sure you were hanging out up there watching, I am sure you understand how mad I am you weren't there! So thank you for all the support and pushing to make sure I made it to Saturday. To everyone who has ever helped me through this fabulous chapter in my life... Thank you I appreciate it more then I can ever express!

Now for the question of what is next? There are a lot of next's for me now. I plan to get in great shape and I mean great running shape YUCK... I get to do a few things to prepare myself to be the best Police Officer Las Vegas has ever had ;) LSAT may just be taken to see where I stand. A 2nd job may be happening... and time lots of time for me and all the people that I haven't been able to do the things I have set aside until now. SKYDIVING!! On my birthday I plan to do it. This was one of my fabulous gifts I received on Saturday. This is also #1 on my bucket list! So I will leave you with this

The future opens up before you
like a new book...
waiting for you
to commit to its pages
the story only you can write.

So until the next time of me sharing one of the pages I hope you enjoy! And please to any of you who are debating on going to school, do it! I promise it is worth every bit of this!