If at first you don't succeed...

TRY, TRY, TRY...again!

It has been an upward battle for me to be able to go back to school to follow my dream of being a Speech Pathologist. I haven't given up, I keep rolling with the punches and just having hope and faith that God has a great plan and if this is what He truly wants for me it will work.

A few months ago I printed up a list of schools that have California approved SLP and SLPA programs. At the time I didn't bother contacting the schools..I had previously contacted a few and hit the same wall...programs were in the middle of the week, pricey and far away.

My issue is I HAVE to work, we need a double income and I can't afford to take time off work that often. Plus it is not cheap to drive either to the OC or down south...we are in the middle of each program...literally. It would take me an hour to get to the OC or an hour to get to San Marcos or an hour to get to University of Redlands. With that said I've been feeling a little discouraged...

After the realization that I couldn't make school happen right now, I have just sat back and accepted the fact that I will have to go back at a later date. Then out of nowhere...I got the hair to just contact one of the schools I had not contacted. To make a long story short, I was hoping that they offered their Communicative Disorders program at their location out here, but they do not...they do however have a Post- Bac program. It is a year long program held on Friday nights and Saturdays...This program is the pre-requisits I will need to apply for the Masters Program with that school. Then I also received great news about some scholarships, how awesome would that be to get some scholarship money to help out with this expence?

So that is where I am at. I've been researching different programs for over a year and have hit a wall everytime. This time I feel like I've made some progress...I sure hope so. This is my dream, I know that I would be good at it!

~If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes. St. Clement of Alexandra~