In this portion of the e-portfolio I will be talking about Longwood. When I decided to pick my college, Longwood wasn’t my first choice. I really wanted to go to James Madison University because I really enjoyed the campus but later, I realized that I had to focus on where I wanted to pursue my education. If I’m being honest, I felt like I was kind of pressured by my mom to attend longwood because she didn’t want me to travel that far away from her. I generally felt as if longwood wasn’t for me and that my mom didn’t want me to travel too far to where she couldn’t get to me. At the time I felt as if my mom was being selfish towards me because she didn’t want me to leave on her behalf which I felt was messed up and then my church family started to tell me that I should go to longwood, and I was like they’re only saying this so I’m not that far from them. Meanwhile I had to sit down and think if I really felt as if they were wrong. Nonetheless, I was more so scared of leaving home because I was afraid that my family would forget about me. I felt like my mom was asking too much from me since I was just coming straight out of high school. I feel like even if my mom felt as if longwood was a good thing for me and I didn’t understand it back then but now I feel as if it was an excellent choice for me because I’m in a better place now that I’m settled in. Longwood is where I’ve really grown and found family from near and far even though I was scared at first. The college’s that I applied to in didn’t even find interesting I just wanted to see if I would get accepted into them. I think my mom wanted to make sure that she could easily reach me and visit me since I am her last child. I think my mom was more so scared of me leaving the house since she had to come to realization that her baby girl was growing up and the only thing that she could do was adjust to it. I feel like I didn’t want to let go if the life that I’ve built in Farmville, but I also wanted to blossom out become my own person and I think that longwood has helped me find my educational path.