I HAD A DREAM – TODAY IT BECAME A REALITY
I HAD A DREAM – TODAY IT BECAME A REALITY
This is the moment I have lived, breathed and dreamed of - an email from my supervisor, Prof Shane Norris from Wits Paediatrics Department. I have passed my PhD. What a gift. I haven’t yet assimilated the news, my mind is still trying to process it all, especially as my ANLP team (the great Buffalos) and I only went to bed after four o’clock this morning, as we had to produce the ANLP newsletter for today.
My heart is numb, maybe because I haven’t had much sleep. I am amazed - it feels like a dream. I am blessed beyond belief by the faithfulness of God in my life. I feel like I have been trying to stretch for a goal that a part of me felt was unachievable, a PhD. A big part of me believed that it was possible, but another part wanted to give up, so many times. Yet on the high ropes when we got here, I learnt that anything is possible and kept hope alive. Destiny kept whispering to me - you can make it! I am blessed to receive the news now while attending the ANLP seminar. I couldn’t keep the news to myself, I shared with the ANLP support team at dinner. It seems they also couldn’t keep it to themselves! Everyone was asked to put down their forks, to stop eating and, start clapping their hands at increasing speed and ululate. Jane then announced the news to the entire group. The excitement in the air, felt like home. What a way and place to celebrate the good news. I believe the ANLP is a start to great things for me, a key towards my new and brighter future as Dr Heather. I commit today to use this gift and what I am learning at the ANLP, to lead from where I am.
Heather Sedibe (South Africa)

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