How Molloy Changed My Life
At the age of eighteen a first generation Irish-American girl embarked began attending Molloy College wide-eyed, excited, and eager to peruse the life her immigrant parents worked so hard for her to create. Now unfortunately for the girl, life didn’t seem to go in the path she and her family expected. Her mother had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. In the way cancer always seems to operate, it snuck up on the girl and turned her idea of “future” inside out. Her life began to spiral out of control in way not many people in her life could understand. Suddenly the career-driven, caring, adventurous girl fell victim to the crippling sensations cancer has been known to ensure. Days passed on and the girl’s mom got sicker and weaker. The girl’s
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For somebody to have so much tenacity to pick themselves out of the trenches in such as dark period of life, how could I not constantly gain strength? My mother became sober for her future, and although I didn’t exist yet, for me. She wanted to give me a better life, just like her parents had given her. Unfortunately, the circumstances didn’t allow her to complete the college degree she coveted at Molloy. She now works tirelessly to make sure that I not only have access, but motivation to complete the degree she always has wanted. Now, although my mother was unable to complete her degree at Molloy, she has always talked about it with such high regard. For her, I knew I needed to make Molloy a place where I completed my secondary education. I want to make her proud and allow her to see that all of the lessons she has taught me has paid off. I love my mother and I can’t imagine what I would do without her. I choose Molloy because; I want to make her proud. I want her to fully understand that everything she had worked so hard to create will allow me to get a college degree from Molloy that she so greatly coveted. I can’t wait to see her expression in 2020 when I walk across the graduation stage at Molloy and get my diploma. Everything will come full circle, everything will finally be at
For somebody to have so much tenacity to pick themselves out of the trenches in such as dark period of life, how could I not constantly gain strength? My mother became sober for her future, and although I didn’t exist yet, for me. She wanted to give me a better life, just like her parents had given her. Unfortunately, the circumstances didn’t allow her to complete the college degree she coveted at Molloy. She now works tirelessly to make sure that I not only have access, but motivation to complete the degree she always has wanted. Now, although my mother was unable to complete her degree at Molloy, she has always talked about it with such high regard. For her, I knew I needed to make Molloy a place where I completed my secondary education. I want to make her proud and allow her to see that all of the lessons she has taught me has paid off. I love my mother and I can’t imagine what I would do without her. I choose Molloy because; I want to make her proud. I want her to fully understand that everything she had worked so hard to create will allow me to get a college degree from Molloy that she so greatly coveted. I can’t wait to see her expression in 2020 when I walk across the graduation stage at Molloy and get my diploma. Everything will come full circle, everything will finally be at