Kimberly Bracey

Second-time doctoral student; Adjunct College Instructor

Second-time doctoral student, University in Tennessee where she is seeking her EdD in Higher Education

Lockdown to ‘Love-down’: Learning to love yourself again during COVID-19

The COVID-19 situation is making me feel nervous and exhausted, but somewhere I am also excited about the end result. Coming out of this pandemic will, I'm sure, allow a mindset of gratefulness to sweep across this world.  To me, this 'LOCKDOWN' is a 'LOVEDOWN' - where I am taking time to appreciate my love for others and expound on the love for myself.

Every time I threw in the towel, life would always throw it back!

At the time that I was trying to pursue my Bachelor’s degree, I was married, had a baby, and my bills and mortgage payments that had fallen way behind. I then went through one of the worse divorces ever! However, even though three more years had passed and I was a single mom with two children, I still wanted to earn a Bachelor’s degree!