The wake-up call
Now, it didn't have to take a hard push to keep me back in perspective, or did it? Schooling and making good grades was the norm - it always had. And I left school, certain that the plum jobs were waiting from me (indeed). Oh!! had I forgotten about the promise of a scholarship to study abroad - the Netherlands. I was dreaming and drooling at the thought. Oh Holland!!!! I saw myself in your beautiful sidewalks and your dairy farms - and yes, in one of your schools. All I was to do was make good grades and success was mine for the taking. I guess that was easy. 'Well, just get out 'n' grab it', I told myself. 'There's so much outside of school for you.' ************************************************************************************* Three years later, all that I had expected and hoped for eluded me like snow would summer. Jobs? They seemed to keep their distance. The scholarships? Well, you know how relying on man's promises shove you in. 'Ce...