Pinning Ceremony

On Friday I participated in the time honored tradition of the nursing school pinning ceremony. It was wonderful to see our class together one last time before we fly off in our individual directions. Even though I was sick it was still a wonderful day! I had the honor of being voted as our class speaker and even though public speaking is not my strong suit, I have to say I did a fantastic job and feel like I was able to speak honestly and with conviction.

Below are a couple of photos & a link to the full album. Also, if you want you can watch the speech I delivered as my momma captured it on her camera. You may need to crank up the sound to hear it but I promise it's well worth it! :)

My fellow students & most awesome support crew!
I could not have done it without these ladies:
Lisa, Stacey & Laura

The man who made it all possible and without whom there are many things in my life that would not have been possible, ever. I love you baby!

Another one of the crew - just because we're so cute!

Getting antsy to get the show on the road!

You can view my speech here:



And you can see Matt pinning me here


And click here to find all the photos from the pinning ceremony.


At our school, the faculty have not always been that supportive of the pinning ceremony. Since it is linked back to diploma programs they feel that graduation is a more important event since we are a bachelor's program. I agree that the bachelor's degree is of the utmost importance however having graduation 3 months after you've finished the program is anticlimatic, to say the least. Every year though we seem to gather a little bit more support and I'm grateful for that! I am thankful to the faculty who came and participated in our ceremony and hope that the tradition grows and continues for those who come after us!