In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later, I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.
My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.
Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic -- and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No.3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.
You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8! Our home was a complete zoo -- a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester.
The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.
In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!
I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you're looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you're in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won't arrive in your life on one day. It's a process. Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.
在1985年的秋天，我是一个明亮眼睛的女孩在前往霍华德大学，旨在合法职业和梦想坐在最高法院替补某处。二十一年后，我仍然是一个眼睛明亮的梦想家，一个具有完全不同的故事可讲。
我的奶奶，一位了不起的女人，从大学毕业在65岁，她是第一个在我们家要达到这个目标。但是，我开始上大学一年后，她患上癌症。我做出了选择，从大学撤回照顾她。这意味着学校和我个人的梦想将不得不等待。
然后，我结婚了另一个梦想：建立我的家人与收养和亲生孩子的组合。在1999年，我们通过我们的第一个儿子。要打好眼前对他太棒了 - 而且很情绪化。一年后，来到我们的第二个采用的男孩。然后跟着儿子3号。 2003年，我生下了一个男孩。
你能想象有完全占据我成了，提高8岁以下的四个男孩！我们的家是一个完整的动物园 - 一个欢乐的动物园。不奇怪，我从来没有让它回到学院全职工作。但我从来没有放弃过对梦想无论是。我只有一个选择：找到一种方式。这意味着以少到一个类中的每个学期。
最难的部分是感到内疚，我花了远离男生的时间。他们经常要我在家陪他们。这儿肯定没有时间，我想退出，但我知道我应该以身作则，为他们贯彻他们的生活休息。
2007年，我毕业于北卡罗莱纳大学。我花了超过21年，让我的大学学位！
我并不特别，只是一心一意。它总是让我吃惊，当你者;再看着从它看起来巨大的外界一个很大的挑战，但是当你者;再在它的中间，它只是似乎正常。你想韩元者的一切;吨到达你的生活一天。它氏的过程。请记住：小步骤加起来很大的梦想。
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