Celebration of Hands

Today was the Hands Celebration for the Lane Community College Massage Therapy program.  After 3 years, I'm finally in my last term!  They went ahead and did the celebration before the term is over, so even though I have 7 more weeks to go, I received my certificate of completion today and got to put my hands on the tree - a long time tradition in the program.  I've been waiting for this day for a long time!

Receiving my Certificate of Completion - woohoo!

Prepped with paint - blue, of course!

The laying on of hands :)

3 years of hard work!

I hope these hands help many in need with healthy, compassionate touch.

Signed, sealed, delivered!

Signing my name and year

I was here :)

...along with many others!  Appropriate that I got to do this on "earth day" :)

Brian was supportive and took a study break to come watch and take photos.  It's a very different feeling being in a room full of massage therapists rather than a room full of economists (a bit like herding cats) and he handled it very well - HA!  I think he had to take a few deep breathes to do so :)

Anyway, this was a very special day for me.  Deciding to enter this program and to experience it just "feeling right" over the past few years has been a life-giving experience for me.  Now I'm excited to look forward and see where this training is going to take me!  Thanks for all your support!