It was truly such a rewarding and incredible privilege to present with the Speakers Network on a subject that was most talked about during the conference itself. I was very grateful for this chance with getting to inspire and teach other people like myself about the issues that individuals like me face everyday. Our presentation went really well and it felt great to be able to inform people on the things that this alternative to guardianship can do for so many people in the world.. (Don't get me wrong on the fact that the reason I'm doing this is to get my voice heard and offering educational training to people who need it the most in their lives.)
One of the audience members asked us this question: Have you ever had an experience where you had someone in your life that didn't want to support you in a decision, that you thought was a really good fit??
(Sorry if I have already mentioned this before, but it was just what I thought of at the moment.)
Awhile back I was strongly considering of being a part of this apadative going away to college program and for me it sounded like the most perfect solution to what I was currently facing in my life. I felt like maybe this would be a greater opportunity to stretch myself out there a little bit more than I'd normally do but at the same time, there were so many unknown/unanswered questions that I had running through my head and little did I know what to expect from something like this. I wasn't necessarily sure if I could be away from home, the elementary school, my family and everything in between to go off to college for two years???? I didn't know what to think at this point in my life & figuring out what else could possibly be done in order for me to accomplish a task like this one, but then again I had never been away from home for more than a few days in a month... I felt like it was just the perfect way to stay closer to my friends & live the so called college experience!! The costs of it were super expensive and little did I ever know what to think about wondering if I'd have a good roommate who would be nice or respectful to me... it was just a lot of things. In the end, I ended up never applying for the program and despite how much of a long process it would be like-- I just felt really disappointated and emotional about what I thought was a good decision for me to make.. but somehow I knew in my heart that it wasn't probably the best thing to do (considering all of those many things I'm doing in my life right now.) Just Keep Swimming...
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