Congrautlations Sandra
This flower is dedicated to my daughter Sandra, to congratulate her on completing a back to education course for Mature Students, at Trinity Collage Dublin. ( Irelands most prestigious University) The course has only 25 places per year. Thousands apply so to get this course is really difficult to attain.
The course link
www.tcd.ie/Trinity_Access/prospective/access/mature.php
Due to ill health (an autoimmune disease called Mixed Connective Tissue Disease After 20 years approx of First Diagnosis. She was forced to take early retirement (52 years old). ( The disease manifests itself with server joint pain and many more horrible conditions) Rather than totally give in and allow her health issues to completely dominate her life she decided to challenge herself to see if she could complete this university course. ( Some days were very hard to attend) but she made it most days.
So today she has completed her course with a High 2/1 (3% off a first). This result will allow here to apply to the University to do a degree course. She will now apply for a degree course which is a 4 year course.
So here at home we are very proud of the battle she made to achieve her dream to attend any university but Trinity Collage was an ultimate achievement.
I am often reminded of part of a poem which can express the battle on how to strive to achieve in adversity.
IF by Ruyard Kepling
“If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!”
Link to IF in full.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175772