Hey everybody & good morning. I'm new but I just wanted to let you know what an inspiration & truly a caring community you guys are that carries people through their toughest times.
A little of my story...I've got 6 wonderful kids (3 of my own, 3 stepchildren) & my years of nursing school were not easy. I worked fulltime up until my 4th year & those last 2 years were absolute hell. My husband (now ex) became an alcoholic & we divorced (after being put in a mental hospital, stalking me, taking my kids away, locking me out of my house, trying to run me over, & finally ending in a shoot out w/police & is now in jail), my son, who was 6 at the time, was sexually molested, my father had a massive heart attack & airlifted to a hospital 300 miles away & I had to go down there to help my mom, my grandpa had a heart attack & 5 months later, died of renal failure (God rest his soul, I miss him so much) & that's just to name a few.
But the one thing I wanted was to finish nursing school, & in May, at the age of 27, I graduated. But I knew I still had that one big test to take. I found this forum while trying to find study materials & have read it religiously everyday, the stories of heartbreak & happiness & I felt for those who did not pass their NCLEX & elated for those who had.
Well, it was my turn on Wed the 30th. The morning started out good, made it to the testing site 1/2 hr early, my boyfriend came with to support me (& even sat in the car the entire time I was testing, gotta love him), & some guy asked me out outside of McDonalds (& he was even cute!) & had to shoot him down (I love my bf dearly & no one could ever compare), while my bf went to the BR. I took my test, & it shut off at 95! I walked out knowing I didn't pass! But I had a glimmer of hope, checked all that day (nothing), got up early the next day & checked (nothing) & by noon, I knew I hadn't passed, & I was a mess. My dreams had come crashing down on me, my 4 yrs of hard work for nothing, after all I had been through. My bf came home for dinner & actually left work early to come home & comfort me. But then, I was reading this forum, & beginning to feel better after reading all the stories of people who didn't pass the 1st time & I knew I'd be able to do it again. I thought, I'm going to check one more time...AND IT WAS THERE! I had PASSED! And I started crying all over again, but this time because I was so happy!
I justed wanted to tell you all how great you guys are! The support that you give each other is phenomenal & having people like you make things like this so much easier!! Again, thank you for helping me through a very tough time, even though you didn't know it. Now I'm going to start spending some much needed time with my kids, because even though I've been through a lot, they've suffered the most not having their mom around!!
gemfaith ,
RN
P.S. Sorry it's so long
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Re: Just want to say thanks!
Congratulations again! 
