How Molloy Changed My Life
At the age of eighteen a first generation Irish-American girl embarked began attending Molloy College wide-eyed, excited, and eager to peruse the life her immigrant parents worked so hard for her to create. Now unfortunately for the girl, life didn’t seem to go in the path she and her family expected. Her mother had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. In the way cancer always seems to operate, it snuck up on the girl and turned her idea of “future” inside out. Her life began to spiral out of control in way not many people in her life could understand. Suddenly the career-driven, caring, adventurous girl fell victim to the crippling sensations cancer has been known to ensure. Days passed on and the girl’s mom got sicker and weaker. The girl’s
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hope was beginning to waiver; she knew that a future without her mother was more imminent than she ever could have imagined. As her mom began to slowly slip away, the girl began to slip away in a different way. She couldn’t continue to grip on to life in the way she had before. She didn’t know how to cope, face her family, and deal with the death of the person she loved the most. She turned to things that weren’t healthy or productive. But the girl was out of options; she became sick in a different way than her mother had ever been. Alcohol became a bigger monster for her than cancer, strife, or turmoil. It became her comfort, her method of coping, and her biggest detriment. She transformed into a person even she couldn’t recognize. Her education, once so important to her, became less and less plausible. Soon she dropped out of college, and started to spiral even more greatly into a person she was not proud she had become. Eventually with time, dedication and hard work, she was able to somewhat escape from alcohol’s heavy grasp, and come to terms with her mother’s passing. This journey was difficult but one she knew she had to complete for her family, friends and most importantly her future. Recovered and now working as a councilor for Alcoholics and drug addicts, she devotes her life to preventing the spiral she experienced which once ruled her life.
I am proud to say that this person is my mother.
To sum up how much my mother constantly inspires me is nearly impossible.
For somebody to have so much tenacity to pick themselves out of the trenches in such as dark period of life, how could I not constantly gain strength? My mother became sober for her future, and although I didn’t exist yet, for me. She wanted to give me a better life, just like her parents had given her. Unfortunately, the circumstances didn’t allow her to complete the college degree she coveted at Molloy. She now works tirelessly to make sure that I not only have access, but motivation to complete the degree she always has wanted. Now, although my mother was unable to complete her degree at Molloy, she has always talked about it with such high regard. For her, I knew I needed to make Molloy a place where I completed my secondary education. I want to make her proud and allow her to see that all of the lessons she has taught me has paid off. I love my mother and I can’t imagine what I would do without her. I choose Molloy because; I want to make her proud. I want her to fully understand that everything she had worked so hard to create will allow me to get a college degree from Molloy that she so greatly coveted. I can’t wait to see her expression in 2020 when I walk across the graduation stage at Molloy and get my diploma. Everything will come full circle, everything will finally be at
peace.
hope was beginning to waiver; she knew that a future without her mother was more imminent than she ever could have imagined. As her mom began to slowly slip away, the girl began to slip away in a different way. She couldn’t continue to grip on to life in the way she had before. She didn’t know how to cope, face her family, and deal with the death of the person she loved the most. She turned to things that weren’t healthy or productive. But the girl was out of options; she became sick in a different way than her mother had ever been. Alcohol became a bigger monster for her than cancer, strife, or turmoil. It became her comfort, her method of coping, and her biggest detriment. She transformed into a person even she couldn’t recognize. Her education, once so important to her, became less and less plausible. Soon she dropped out of college, and started to spiral even more greatly into a person she was not proud she had become. Eventually with time, dedication and hard work, she was able to somewhat escape from alcohol’s heavy grasp, and come to terms with her mother’s passing. This journey was difficult but one she knew she had to complete for her family, friends and most importantly her future. Recovered and now working as a councilor for Alcoholics and drug addicts, she devotes her life to preventing the spiral she experienced which once ruled her life.
I am proud to say that this person is my mother.
To sum up how much my mother constantly inspires me is nearly impossible.
For somebody to have so much tenacity to pick themselves out of the trenches in such as dark period of life, how could I not constantly gain strength? My mother became sober for her future, and although I didn’t exist yet, for me. She wanted to give me a better life, just like her parents had given her. Unfortunately, the circumstances didn’t allow her to complete the college degree she coveted at Molloy. She now works tirelessly to make sure that I not only have access, but motivation to complete the degree she always has wanted. Now, although my mother was unable to complete her degree at Molloy, she has always talked about it with such high regard. For her, I knew I needed to make Molloy a place where I completed my secondary education. I want to make her proud and allow her to see that all of the lessons she has taught me has paid off. I love my mother and I can’t imagine what I would do without her. I choose Molloy because; I want to make her proud. I want her to fully understand that everything she had worked so hard to create will allow me to get a college degree from Molloy that she so greatly coveted. I can’t wait to see her expression in 2020 when I walk across the graduation stage at Molloy and get my diploma. Everything will come full circle, everything will finally be at
peace.