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I attended CCS the very first year of its existence and the year after - my 5th and 6th grade years. I started the 7th grade at CCS, but for the 2nd semester moved to Linton and Switz City, where I finished the year. I went back to CCS for the 1st semester of my 8th grade year.
We then moved to Vincennes, where I finished the 8th grade and started high school but again moved - this time, I moved in with my biological mother. I finished the 9th grade at Owen Valley, in Spencer.
Moving back in with my parents, I attended BHSS in my sophomore year. I only attended South half of that semester because I but quit school. (Too far behind from all of the moves, etc.) I went back to South in my junior year, intending to really get my act together and go to college, but I again quit half-way through that year, and didn't return. I got my G.E.D. when was 26.(A real "success story", huh? lol)
Getting married a month after turning 17 and raising kids by 19, I remained a working mother until my divorce in 1993. Our kids were 2, 4 & 6.
The same year of my divorce (and getting my G.E.D) I was accepted into Ivy Tech's nursing program. I had to withdraw due to finances. I was getting married to Tom Dyar, thus losing the financial help needed to go to school as a single mom. I had to go back to work full-time. But Tom was worth it!! =-)
Tom and I are now empty-nesters, so it is finally my turn to get an education! (Finally!) I am currently back at Ivy Tec but attend part time, due to my full time job at Wylie's Floor Covering.
I am now a sophomore in the Liberal Arts program and am on board to transfer to IU this fall, to apply to the School of Journalism. I hope to minor in music, sociology, or both.
My aim is to become an advocacy journalist, enlisting Isaiah 58 and Matthew 25 into everyday life: dealing bread to the hungry and taking up the cause of the needy/afflicted/oppressed, etc. If we share the burdens we can do SO much more than any one of us can do alone. But we need to both be fully aware of the needs, and how to help.
I believe that Christians are called to work in their communities; whether we help our own neighbors, are elected to public office, or something in between. In fact, what we read in Is. 58 and Matt. 25 ("This Fast" and the parable of the sheep and the goats), I believe, is not a mere suggestion, but it is our reasonable service to minister to people's needs. (I also believe that this is more what that scripture refers to, rather than our dress code)
Christians are expected to be of the most generous, hospitable people on earth. I'm still working on it, but my goal is to be a True Christian: To be like Jesus.
Favorite passage: Ezekiel 16; 4-14
Favorite scripture: Ezekiel 16; 6 (and 8)
