Do Something Special with your life

I graduated High school in 2007, and after doing some odd and end jobs, being a dispatcher and a waitress and even a bartender, I got the "SPEECH" from Dad. Ya know the speech that goes something like this "you arent in college i really want to see you do something better with your life, you are so smart, i would hate for you to ruin your future..."

Well a little over 3 years later here I am in the US Navy. And no it wasnt that easy. In the past 3 years, I have had a baby, gotten married, got engaged and separated, struggled through the hell of being half way across the world for months at a time, and above everything else I lost my father unexpetedly.

However, with all the hell I have been through, I dont think i could have made it without being in the US Navy. It has definitely made me the person I am today. I used to care about things like what I am gonna do on Friday night and how to weasel my way out of going to work so that i can party with my friends. After going through boot camp and being on a deployment right after that I realized there are too many other things in life I need to worry about. I realized there are far better things in life than partying it up with a bunch of useless people who werent really your friends to begin with. They tell you when you are in bootcamp, you are doing something with your life...those people you used to party with back at home I guarantee you in a year from now you will go home and they will be doing the exact same thing they were doing before you left....NOTHING...and its true...I came back to my little hometown and the people I hung out with were doing the same things...only life and relaity had smacked them in the face and they were kicking themselves in the ass for not going to college or not taking an opportunity to do something special with their life. I did. I joined the US Navy and though it may have its rules and regualtions that I dont like, it has still made me who I am today. Thats why I am proud to say I am a United States Sailor...

I leave you with this...

Have you done something special with your life?