I graduated yesterday having lost my mum and father in law during my final ema. I felt so lost and so broken that the books and the hard work were meaningless and I just couldn’t do anything about it.
I still feel empty and I even thought about giving up on the 8 years of work when sadness turned to anger, I was inconsolably lost.
But my long suffering wife and daughter pushed me (as they have done throughout!) and I raced against the clock and wrote up what I had in a couple of days.
I kept saying I had failed and felt so sick when my ema results arrived.
A measly 43% a sizeable drop but enough to hold my head high yesterday and collect my BSc Honours.
Whilst sat alone in the auditorium I told my mum and my father in law that I loved them and then everyone around me came into focus and I enjoyed the ceremony with hundreds of others who must have their own story of their OU journey with ups and downs along the way too.
Good luck and I am sure you too will realise you potential with those around you supporting and encouraging you on your own OU journey.
I’m sad they weren’t there to see me graduate but they were there while I studied