wish me luck!

Eureka!! (sp?)

It's finished! I've been working on the "frame my future" scholarship for a while and this is the finished product! I hope whoever pics the winners thinks this is worth $1,000 cause I sure need it!

These are samples of previous winners

http://www.diplomaframe.com/pages/734_entry_piece_examples.cfm



And now... here's mine (with the description I'm gonna send in)!

I’ve always known that I was meant to do something great. That I would be immortalized in history books all around the world. My children’s children will be taught of my great accomplishment, or discovery, or invention. I just had a little trouble deciding what that great accomplishment would be. First, I wanted to be a writer. Well, as it turns out, English wasn’t my best subject in school. So I decided to become an archaeologist instead but I realized archaeology wasn’t at all like Indiana Jones made it out to be. Then I decided to get my creative juices flowing and become a graphic designer, quickly coming to the conclusion that classes and deadlines take all the fun out of art. I considered everything from technical theater and photography to culinary arts and special effects make-up, eventually deciding that each one would be better as a hobby than an actual career. I was in an educational hiatus.
And then I moved. My grandmother was getting on in years and needed someone around the house to help out a bit. Within a month of my moving in she was hospitalized with a bacterial skin infection called Cellulitis. If I had not been living in her house my grandmother would not have been able to leave the hospital for at least a month. I was able to apply ointment to the infected area and change bandages for her daily. Everyone told me I should become a nurse. I would reply with a shrug and say something along the lines of not being smart enough for a job like that. But the seed was planted.
About a year later my grandmother’s Cellulitis flared up again. Another trip to the hospital. More ointment applying. More bandage changing. But this time it was different. I started imagining myself actually doing this for a living. Helping people. Making a difference in someone’s life. My mother is a nurse and I was able to see the difference she makes in others lives and the satisfaction she receives from her work. Slowly but surely the decision was made. I am going to be a nurse like mom.
The medical symbols in my illustration are just a few of the places in the world that have reported critical nursing shortages, including South America, Western Europe, China, Australia, South Africa, Canada, the United States, and Siberia. I feel I would have the ability to help areas in need if I were to receive the proper education. This is how I “frame my future”.
The road will be hard, but I am ready. The journey will be long, but it will be worth it. I believe that with the proper education I will be great. And I am not afraid.