# 8 Self-Respect (n) - proper pride; dignity
Oh yes, I did not do well in Business Law. To be honest, I could have cared less about court cases, what the law says about landlord rights, tenant rights, labor law rights, etc. After all, I had a home, a full time job (that at the time, I had no intention of leaving), and I was married with children. I decided to go back to college after the kids were school age, to better my life and theirs~so I thought! I was working third shift, 40 hours a week; and juggling Motherhood and being a wife. Well - all of that together did not mix well at all!
Of course I was tired. In between classes, I would go to the student lounge and sleep ~ there was also times I would doze while driving their and back home. One day while driving home, I was so sleepy, I just could not keep my eyes open. However, when I did realize I had fallen asleep, I was heading towards the median on a four lane highway. You talk about being scared straight. I know the adrenaline in me from that incident kept me awake all the way home.
That's when I decided it was time to withdraw from school, take what grades I had, and just raise my children, be a wife and work. I can recall at first being so resentful of quitting; because it had always been my dream to be a college graduate, since I left college in 1980 to get married and have a family. I felt worthless, like people were looking down on me; and to me, I let down everyone in my life! It was not a good feeling at all!
But with God in my life, I was able to cheer up, do what at the time, I was meant to do ~ be a wife and raise my children! After they both became adults and parents themsevles, God allowed me (in my 40's) to complete my Associates Degree with a combination of on-line and class attendance, debt free, with no interruptions and a GPA of 3.7. I have not began to pursue my Bachelor's degree as of yet, but I know when the time comes, God will provide in ways~ again, I cannot imagine!
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Galatians 6:3 ESV
Oh yes, I did not do well in Business Law. To be honest, I could have cared less about court cases, what the law says about landlord rights, tenant rights, labor law rights, etc. After all, I had a home, a full time job (that at the time, I had no intention of leaving), and I was married with children. I decided to go back to college after the kids were school age, to better my life and theirs~so I thought! I was working third shift, 40 hours a week; and juggling Motherhood and being a wife. Well - all of that together did not mix well at all!
Of course I was tired. In between classes, I would go to the student lounge and sleep ~ there was also times I would doze while driving their and back home. One day while driving home, I was so sleepy, I just could not keep my eyes open. However, when I did realize I had fallen asleep, I was heading towards the median on a four lane highway. You talk about being scared straight. I know the adrenaline in me from that incident kept me awake all the way home.
That's when I decided it was time to withdraw from school, take what grades I had, and just raise my children, be a wife and work. I can recall at first being so resentful of quitting; because it had always been my dream to be a college graduate, since I left college in 1980 to get married and have a family. I felt worthless, like people were looking down on me; and to me, I let down everyone in my life! It was not a good feeling at all!
But with God in my life, I was able to cheer up, do what at the time, I was meant to do ~ be a wife and raise my children! After they both became adults and parents themsevles, God allowed me (in my 40's) to complete my Associates Degree with a combination of on-line and class attendance, debt free, with no interruptions and a GPA of 3.7. I have not began to pursue my Bachelor's degree as of yet, but I know when the time comes, God will provide in ways~ again, I cannot imagine!
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