i am going through a problem right now and was wondering if any of you went through it too. (maybe my family is the only bad family out there lol)
im graduating in three SHORT weeks and hoping to become an RN a month later when i (((pass))) the nclex-rn. i have planned a pretty big graduation party and my hubby is making it nice for me. i have pinning, the grad ceremony, and my party all in the same week.
everything was going really nice. everyone in my family was so proud of me, so happy for me, encouraging, da da da..... THEN
today i came home and was trying to iron out a few wrinkles in the party plans. and some family members basically are not happy for me like they once said. they have decided now that they will rain on my parade.
long story short- they are not coming to my graduation, my pinning or my party. (one of them is my own mother and my brother). the rest of the family dont feel this way but for some reason those two are soooooooo not happy for me. they both say that its not really a big deal cuz i have went to school since 2001 and am only about to be an RN not a DOC.
my thing is..... i went to school part time because i was a stay at home mom all that time. i had my second and last kid in 2000. yeah it took this long because i didnt want my kids to be without a mother all that time. i CHOSE the slow path because i wanted to be home. WHY MINIMIZE WHAT I HAVE DONE????
i have worked very hard to be here and its one of the biggest things in my life. im so upset and cant stop crying because my mother is stubborn and will not be there for me. im sure we will make up in a while but not before all those important dates. i cant stand to think that i am going to walk across a stage or get pinned without my mother there supporting me.
this cannot be redone. once your pinned your pinned. im devistated. you see i didnt even graduate high school. i was a teen mom and dropped out. i got my GED and went to a community college and worked very hard to show my kids that its NEVER to late.
did any of you experience a loved one kind of raining on your parade when you were graduating? or is my family just jealous because neither of them graduated high school either. BTW i am the only person on both sides of my family to ever graduate college. its kind of like the pattern is changing now for my family. i hear more and more wanting to go back. and some that start this fall. im so proud of those that are doing the same but it hurts that those that dont want to better themselves want to do this.
