I received a letter from Duke University in the mail the other day. “Congratulations,” it said, and went on to inform me that, yet again, I have been granted a scholarship for my upcoming year of study.
This is Great News, as tuition at that fine institution is No Small Amount of Money.
The good people at my program have granted me a scholarship every semester of my tenure at Duke, and there have been Many Semesters. This scholarship has been important in enabling me to continue with my degree. It has, in fact, been Crucial.
And today, in my Duke e-mail, I received a message from the director of my program. “Congratulations,” she wrote, and went on to tell me that the committee in charge of evaluating Master’s thesis proposals has approved my proposal, which means, very simply, that All Systems Are Go.
I wrote my proposal before I left for Kenya and then, on my return, made a few editorial changes and submitted it, on schedule, June 29th. I have wondered More Than Once how it might be received.
And now I know. I may proceed with my project as defined in the proposal, and Duke is even going to give me some money to do it.
I am– in all honesty– So Grateful.
All I need now is Time.
