It is funny how you can go through life, doing what you do, and never realize what effect, if any, you are having on others. Here is my story for today, I know I haven’t written in some time, but this is worth the wait.
Years ago I worked with in a law office which included just one other paralegal and one attorney. I remember having long conversations about my schooling through Capella, and how I was working away at a Master’s degree. The other paralegal expressed some interest, and then wanted to know what I knew about a particular school. I asked around, gave her the information I gleaned, and that was kind of it. She did enroll in this school, but we lost touch of each other, and I didn’t know she had graduated until months after she had walked.
Now we are back in contact with each other, and she is in law school! I always knew she was one smart cookie, and I told her so often. I also have used her life and the way she didn’t succumb to what would have been expected of her, but overcame a lot of obstacles to become the person she was then. So, it was no surprise to me to learn she was in law school. She is going to be great as an attorney: smart with a heart!
The thing she told me today which really made my day, week, month, is that she decided to go back to school and take on that challenge because of me. She said I had inspired her to go further in her life. Now I am real proud of her, and this has nothing to do with me, but she had a baby and is now raising this child on her own, as well as continuing her education. Wham! Bang! Once she got started, there is no stopping her.
I can say I am glad I had something to do with her going back to school, but I think the kudos go to her as she took the challenge seriously. She not only got her Bachelor’s, but studied for the LSATs (which are not easy), and is now working on her law degree. She is an awesome person, and an inspiration to all who know her.
