Graduation and Fulfilling the Dream
So, as per usual, yes I haven't posted in awhile. But hey, this is where the sappy stuff goes.
...So, I've graduated from college. To quote Rob, my former Art Director on co-op "Was there ever any doubt?"
It's funny how I've taken my education for granted.
I just got a really heartfelt email from my cousin Trung who's on my mom's side of the family:
...So I want you to get how proud we are of you and that you matter. I want you to get that your completion of school fulfills what your mom and dad wanted for you when you were first born and you fulfilled that promise. I want you to get that you also fulfilled a promise for Grandpa. Did you know that he was illiterate? You have to get that you fulfilled his promise that his family would have a better life than he did!
You completed the promise that all his grandchildren would be educated.
It's kind of surreal to think about what my family has been through. My grandpa and all of his daughters immigrated from Vietnam to the United States to create a future for themselves and generations down the line.
I'm the youngest of the first generation on my Mom's side - First generation Americans. Now that I've graduated from college, I'm really proud to say that every single kid in the first generation of Americans on my mom's side of the family has completed college. 100% College graduates.
Maybe in the morning I'll write a more eloquent post, but you get the idea: my family rocks!
...So, I've graduated from college. To quote Rob, my former Art Director on co-op "Was there ever any doubt?"
It's funny how I've taken my education for granted.
I just got a really heartfelt email from my cousin Trung who's on my mom's side of the family:
...So I want you to get how proud we are of you and that you matter. I want you to get that your completion of school fulfills what your mom and dad wanted for you when you were first born and you fulfilled that promise. I want you to get that you also fulfilled a promise for Grandpa. Did you know that he was illiterate? You have to get that you fulfilled his promise that his family would have a better life than he did!
You completed the promise that all his grandchildren would be educated.
It's kind of surreal to think about what my family has been through. My grandpa and all of his daughters immigrated from Vietnam to the United States to create a future for themselves and generations down the line.
I'm the youngest of the first generation on my Mom's side - First generation Americans. Now that I've graduated from college, I'm really proud to say that every single kid in the first generation of Americans on my mom's side of the family has completed college. 100% College graduates.
Maybe in the morning I'll write a more eloquent post, but you get the idea: my family rocks!