I’m graduating nursing school alone tomorrow

My BPD mom started an actual fist fight at my brothers undergrad graduation. She made me cry throughout mine. She barely made it through my other brother’s on a very very tight leash and she was hyper critical the whole time.

I redirected my career a couple years ago to become an NP and tomorrow I finish my RN. It’s the first of 3 steps, but it’s a big one. I took my last final yesterday and today learned I passed and I’m good to go.

So I haven’t told my parents and I just informed the school that tomorrow I won’t have guests for pinning. With covid and space limitations I figured someone else should use my seats.

I’ve worked in healthcare a long time, it’s not the hugest deal. But I figured y’all would get the bittersweet feeling of choosing not to have family at something like this. It’s not worth the day becoming about my mother and the stress I would feel.

But, hey, I did it. Step one ✅