Now the journey...

Our original instructor had an emergency and couldn't attend class, that sucked, because I was looking forward to seeing her expressions and hearing her laughter and her making me laugh.  Our substitute was nice though.
I was the fourth to go and I was just sitting there when the instructor asked who wanted to go next, then she looked at me and her eyes got big and I said, "me?" and she responded "sure, you don't want to have to bring that board back next week, do you?" I thought to myself, "why yes, I do" because I really wanted my instructor to see it. But, I got up and began to prepare to share.
My first thought was, wow, I have this big overwhelming board.  I felt like my project was over the top and a little over zealous when I saw everyone else's. Some people bought nothing that I could see and some had a few pictures on cardstock that they could hold up.  Not mine, I had to prop mine up on the chalk holder of the black board.  My heart is pounding...
When I began to speak, I could feel the rush of emotion rise up from my stomach.  I started, "this is not an easy thing for me to do.  I do not like talking about the past, because I think it should stay where it is, in the past." Right then, I had to say, "I am not going to cry."  I had to stop myself, because I felt it coming on.  I got goose bumps all over my body, my palms got sweaty and my heart began to race.  The last thing I wanted to do, was to cry in front of all of these people.
Then I began... I was born on December 12th 1970, third of 3 children, blah, blah, blah.  I spoke of my childhood and how I was a Dolphin Cheerleader and that I won Miss Congeniality voted by my teammates.  Then I talked about high school and trying out for the basketball cheering squad that I did not make!  I went on about joining the band and getting my first job at IGA Supermarket up the street from my house.  My junior year, I spoke about making the basketball cheering squad and playing an instrument in the band.  My senior year I talked about the Cotillion and how much of a pain in the a** that was!  Everyone started laughing!