CeeDee World

Time is such an interesting thing. Both finite and infinite. We can measure it and count it, but we can't hold it or manipulate it, and we certainly can't control it. We're obsessed with time. Constantly searching for more of it while also wasting multitudes of it with our eyes glued to a screen. The Cambridge Dictionary defines time as the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary adds that time is a nonspatial continuum that is measured in terms of events which succeed one another from past through present to future. Today I was reminded just how precious time is. There's only one guarantee in this world, and that is that our time on this planet is finite. When you're born to parents pushing middle age as a child, you grow up acutely aware that death is an inevitability. Not a question of if, but when. I have been fortunate not to have dealt with a lot of loss in my life. But today hurt, and I know the loss wil...

I have avoided writing this blog post because it is the end of a chapter in many ways, and quite frankly, I am not ready to turn the page. For once, I find myself at a loss for words...I'm just as surprised as you are.  As always, thank you for reading, and please bear with me one last time as I reflect on my Cambridge experience. As I look back on my time at Cambridge, I can't help but smile. This program, this place, and these people have changed my life in ways I still can't possibly know or appreciate.  How can I find the words to express what this programme means to me? As much as I've tried to find an eloquent and succinct way to summarize it, I have realized I can't. But, I have documented it - here. This blog details the experiences, the emotions, and the incredible people that made this something I don't want to say goodbye to quite yet. They say don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.  I say that's a grand trivialization.  B...