As I complete the classroom part of my nursing degree this Tuesday, I want to thank you for your support during this horrible, wonderful experience. Support both financial, and more importantly, emotional. Without this support, I would never have made it this far.
I know it hasn't been easy these last 3 years. I know I haven't contributed enough financially, haven't done my share of the chores around the house, have been grouchy and groggy and basically hard to be around. Without your loving support and understanding, I'd have quit this thing and gone back to work in my old profession. Without your advice, encouragement at just the right moments, and the times when you insisted I just suck it up and get back to writing that case study, I might very well have given up.
If all goes well over the next week, I'll pass my last Final exam, pass the HESI Exit exam, and pass the NLN Exit exam. After that, it's the preceptorship, pinning, and graduation. Then NCLEX!
And finally, after such a long, hard journey, you'll be married to a Registered Nurse. And, a new journey will begin. As with the nursing school journey, I look forward to taking the next one with YOU by my side, showering me with love, understanding, and a well-needed occasional kick to the shins. With you, it'll be a fantastic journey, as always.
Thank you, sweetheart, for this and for everything else you bring to my life. It's meant more to me than words can ever say.
