War started in our house in late July with a month to go before my first day of college. It was a battle of wills over what college I was to attend. Mom wanted me to attend a famous
school, and I wanted to go to a small writing college. Every night for two weeks, we argued, shouted and gave        treatments until both sides went to bed with regrets.
It was mostly my         . Since my junior year of high school, I had        at being a nurse. I took all the science courses, and even worked as a       in my town’s local hospital. My       was to help the sick and be superwoman to the world.
Yet,       graduation and college neared, it all changed. Treating the sick was
, but not what I was meant to do for the        of my life. I could picture myself in hospitals, making rounds, and taking         , but I couldn’t picture myself happy. It wasn’t the
I wanted.
Then, I realized I had been creating and writing stories for as long as I could       .  I loved it, and writing was what I had been doing as a         . It was going to be my career. And it had to be.
On August 1st, Mom and I sat down at the dinner table and I told her that she had every
to choose where to spend her money, just like I had every right to decide where I wanted to go to school. If it was her choice not to            any of my college education, then I would take a year off to work and earn money so I could go to the college I wanted.
Standing by my decision to be a writer had        my firm belief to my mom. Finally we were at            , and she decided to support me, which        the world to me.
Before that time, I had never stood up        my parents on any major decision. Choosing which college to attend        me to become a separate and complete adult. I am now finished with my first semester as a Professional Writing major and I cannot wait to see what comes next.

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