Oh the places that I could go with this one. Surprisingly the biggest “what if” that sticks out in my mind is, “what if I would have went to law school like I wanted to?”

I was dead set when I was younger that I wanted to be a lawyer. Of course, I also wanted to be a teacher, and then a writer as well, but a girl can change his mind. Arguing is what I was best at though, or so my parents said. Anything to do with the law, runs in my family. My dad retired after 45 years in law enforcement and still keeps working today. My mom is a lieutenant at the detention center. My papaw was the chief of police and then an alderman. I believe law is just part of who I am.

When I first went to college, I had decided that I was going to be a high school teacher and a softball coach. It was a great plan, until I did the “viewing of the students” and realized that I would go to jail, because children have no respect and you can’t discipline them. Therefore, business was the smarter route. I changed my major to Business Administration and Law.

Law was my favorite part about all of it. My law classes were the ones that kept my interest the most. I’ll be honest, by the time graduation came around though, I was so over school. I worked 60 hours a week and went to school full time and I was ready for a break.

I was very fortunate that my parents paid for my undergraduate degree. I didn’t realize that until I graduated and my peers started having to pay back their student loans. That deterred me from going further with my education as well. I didn’t want to pay for law school and neither did Daddy. I think too, I was scared. I was scared that, even if I graduated with honors from undergrad, what if I failed? What if I wasn’t enough? What if I couldn’t get in? And then I would have to move. I never thought I would move that far from my hometown. (But hey, surprise, I did it!)

So, anyway, I kept working. Then I got a job with Verizon and after working with some part of Verizon for over 9 years, I don’t know what else I would do. Would I still love to go to law school? Yes. Do I think I would make a great lawyer and care so much about my work and the people? Sure would. BUT – do I think it will ever happen? Nope. And that’s okay. I will end up exactly where I’m supposed to be.