Day 189 The Matter of Perseverance

It still hasn’t sunk in. Friends congratulate which is great and I am ever so happy with all the gentle attention. It is really great to say: `I passed my MA.` Especially after nearly quitting it last year. It’s been a very long journey, which not only affected my professional life, but also transformed my personal one. I remember the day of excitement when I got the news that my application was successful. I called mum and she was just silent on the other end of the phone. ‘Why can’t you be happy for me?’ I asked. Now I know and fully understand she was worried about me. I just finished an exhausting 3 years BA with a full-time job and I just told her a couple of month before that I would never want to study again. Mum most likely knew there and then during that phone call that I was going to crash at some point. And yesterday after I checked blackboard I called her and I could hear a truly delightful cheer from the other end of the phone…