It has been 6 years, now what

9 Jan

To begin, I would like to thank all the awesome folks who entered in the Aqua Aura Mini Bullet Necklace giveaway in the past week and to also remind you all to share the giveaway with your friends and family on Twitter or Facebook. You can even post it on your Tumblr, there is a button for that too. The giveaway ends January 16, 2012.

There will be a new giveaway coming on January 19th so look out for that! You’ll have a ball with it [hint]!!

It has been 6 years, now what

You might be asking yourself, what has been 6 years? On January 9, 2006 I made my first step as an official student of Milton Hershey School. This adventure led me to find myself and my dream of becoming America’s Future Talk Show Host. It was wild and today would not have been possible without entering that landscape of bittersweet chocolate.

Milton Hershey School is a boarding school established in 1909 by Milton and Catherine Hershey. Originally it was for orphan boys and over the years the school has made significant updates to allowing blacks and women to enroll. The major motivation for having the school was in the eyes of Catherine. She wanted to have children so bad, yet her health would not allow her, so her beloved husband, Milton helped make her dream into a reality. Now over a hundred years later the school still stands and the Hershey legacy continues to inspire people and children.

On January 9, 2006, I enrolled into this school with the sole purpose of redefining my life. I was beat and broken from before, but going on this new adventure, I was bound to the seas of growth . This school can help plant seeds for your adult years and I discovered the confidence to go after this dream of becoming a television talk show host.

Many struggles occurred in the first year while I was there and merely adjusting to the rules and consequences tested my Aries personality. I remember running out of my English class because I felt threatened and belittled by the teacher and students. I went to summer school because I did not apply my academic behavior fully. The frustration in understanding my sexual orientation was teetering as I tried to understand what it meant to be in love. Yet, through all of this the adults there were able to withstand my outbursts of rebellion, assign me consequences and move on. No grudges seemed to form, and I cherish that most of all. We simply learn from our mistakes and keep moving forward.

Above all the pains of being at the school, I learned to grow independently and look forward to working with the school on Alumni projects and maybe an internship in the coming months. All I can do now is write this post in remembrance of when I was given a new chance. And every year it is good to celebrate the things that gave you renewal and rebirth. That is the lesson to be learned here because sometimes we can over look our firsts especially if it was going to a private school. But this is a new year and a new you so I invite you to remember your firsts today as I celebrate my 6 year anniversary of making it to the sweetest place on earth!