I’m continuing to unpack my grief, and dedicated to sharing my findings on Periscope and my other social media outlets. My first post on this site is the story of my emotional rollercoaster with education. If you want to read the original post, click here. Within the post I talked about my frustration and bitterness when it came to the decisions that were made after high school. Briefly, I mentioned a story about my dad writing a check for what happened…
I was a recent high school graduate. I believed I had done everything correctly in life. Graduated high school with honors, involved in numerous extracurricular activities, and what I thought ready for the next phase, COLLEGE! My plan was to always graduate and enroll at four-year HBCU (Historically Black College/University). Well, that plan didn’t work. “She’s not ready yet.” I wasn’t ready for a four-year school? Despite knowing that my grades could pretty much guarantee an acceptance letter from the…