Written Portion - Done!
Quite frankly, with the way things were going at the fair, I was fearful last week that I would not get my final question completed. It was supposed to only be about ten pages; however, when I finished it yesterday, it turned out to be 15. After rewriting a lot of chapter three (methodology) and a little bit of chapter two (review of the literature), my final exam question (#4) ended up being 82 pages. Thankfully, I made the due date and I'm pleased with it! (I just hope it will be good enough for my Professors who will make that decision soon.)
After spending too much money, all four packets for my doc committee were ready to be mailed. I was SOOOOOOO EXCITED that I asked the cashier at Staples to take my picture explaining, "This is culminating five continuous years of work and it's over! I feel a HUGE weight off of my shoulders!" I cannot even describe how glorious it feels after pouring everything I had into it this summer. All four questions of my writing ended up totaling 191 pages. Now I will focus on preparing for my research submission to the Institutional Review Board (IRB). Since my dissertation research will be conducted with human subjects (National Board Certified Teachers), I must have approval. Then I have to begin preparing for my oral defense which will be held in a few weeks. But right now - I'm floating!! The written portion of my candidacy exams is finally over!! Praise be to God!
posted by the Thomas team @ 6:09 AM
15 Comments:
I am sooooo happy for you, Angela!!! It looks fabulous!
Many hugs,
Olivia
Woohoo!! Congratulations Angela!!
Congratulations Angela! You've worked SO hard, and you deserve every right to be floating on clouds! I'm sure that Christi is celebrating right along with you guys-so proud to call you "Mom."
Love & hugs,
Pat in CA
mmm the IRB.
i work at a hospital and i know how much fun those can be.
M in Baltimore
Yay! So Proud!!!! :0)
WOOOOHHOOOOO ANGELA!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
All the best :)
Congratulations! Your family (including Christi, of course!) must be so proud.
oh i love the joy on your face! i think everyone here is so proud of you for all you've accomplished!
btw - in the computer monitors section last week i saw a paperback book stand and almost bought it for you and mailed it as a surpirse, but i wasnt sure if you found one yet! i told jenna about it :) hehe!
congrats on getting your things in print and ready - i bet it feels AMAZING!
It's obvious where Christi's IQ originated! Shayla's growing up so quickly! Pretty soon, she may very well be a graduate student, with ambitions to follow up with a post grad just like her Mom! What a great role model you are---for kids of all ages!!! (after all, adults are merely children in drag.)
I'm sure that someone has shared this with you in the past, but after reading the last several days updates I just felt led to share it with you today. When I read this it made me smile for anyone I know that has lost soemone. I believe our God is just this amazing!
"This author describes the death of a child to an experience he had as a young boy, watching fireworks with his mother. He was so awed by the beauty of the fireworks that he unknowingly wandered away from his mother. She spent a desperate 10 minutes trying to find him, shouting and screaming his name, fear tearing her apart. And just as he turned to say, "Mommy, look at that one!" she appeared around the corner. For her, the separation was agonizing; for him, it was as if those 10 minutes simply didn't exist, he was so absorbed in the glory before him."
Hoping you find comfort that for her these minutes are filled with wonder and glory.
Kim
P.S. I am taking my triplets to the African Safari next Monday for their 5th Birthday! Any suggestions as to what we should bring with us (ie. things we can feed the animals)? Thanks!
angela! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!! i can't say that enough. one huge step completed to becoming dr. thomas. you rock. i'm sure shayne, shalya, and angel christi are all so proud of you.
Congatulations Angela! What an inspiration you are! You're amazing! You should be very proud of yourself! Good for you, for thinking to ask the cashier to snap your photo and commemorate the special day!
Congatulations Angela! What an inspiration you are! You're amazing! You should be very proud of yourself! Good for you, for thinking to ask the cashier to snap your photo and commemorate the special day!
Hello Thomas Team!
I just read this story, and it made me think of you all:
At an airport I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together. They had announced her plane's departure and standing near the door, he said to his daughter, "I love you, I wish you enough."
She said, "Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Daddy." They kissed good-bye and she left.
He walked over toward the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?" "Yes, I have," I replied.
Saying that brought back memories I had of expressing my love and appreciation for all my Dad had done for me. Recognizing that his days were limited, I took the time to tell him face to face how much he meant to me. So I knew what this man was experiencing.
"Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?" I asked.
"I am old and she lives much too far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is, her next trip back will be for my funeral, " he said.
"When you were saying good-bye I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?"
He began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone." He paused for a moment and looking up as if trying to remember it in detail, he smiled even more.
"When we said 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them," he continued and then turning toward me he shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory.
"I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. I wish enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Good-bye."
He then began to sob and walked away.
[ Original story by Bob Perks, in Chicken Soup For the Grieving Soul ]
Congratulations Angela! I'm so proud of you!
Nikki from the Blogathon!
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