A Children's Book Every Child (and adult) Should Read

Everyone has days that are less than perfect. In Alexander's case, he is having the worst day ever. But throughout all of his mishaps, he realizes that he doesn't have it that bad at the end the end of the day. The message is one that every kid (and quite possibly adult) could hear everyday. No one has a perfect day everyday. But that is the beauty of life...we get to learn from our mistakes and our terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days so that we can have wonderful, excellent, marvelous, very best days. :)

When one door closes...hopefully the next is easily unlocked!

I recently graduated from college with a bachelor's degree in English/Creative Writing. It was a bittersweet ending for many reasons but more importantly it opened my life up to many different options. I dappled with the idea of teaching English abroad but when push came to shove I decided I wasn't quite ready to give up my desire to learn or the yearning to keep my creative journey growing.



Thanks to a random google search dealing with graduate programs, I stumbled upon DePaul University and learned they offer an MA program in Writing and Publishing. The next thing I know, I am registered for an information session. My mom and aunt made the trip to Chicago with me and along the way we had a few strange side adventures. Each of which made the trip more memorable. While at the info session I quickly became aware of three things. 1) DePaul's Writing and Publishing program was basically designed for me (maybe not technically, but you get my drift). 2) This was the program I needed to attend in order to accomplish my career and personal goals. & 3) I may as well not apply because the acceptance rate is not promising!



Secretly, (ok not so secretly...more like to the knowledge of less than 5 people) I applied to the program with the plan of never telling anyone (besides the few people who knew) that I even applied. Then I waited. The process is said to take 6 weeks but to my surprise I was informed a decision had been made within 3 weeks. However, I did not actually receive my letter in the mail for another 2 weeks. To my surprise and relief, I was accepted!!!



Just when I thought the waiting game was over, I sit here now still waiting for January to arrive which is when I will start my graduate education at DePaul University. However, the waiting game is much easier now that I know the new door has been unlocked and is simply waiting for me to walk through it!