Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to work in the health field. I knew from a young age I wanted to go to college and pursue my dreams. I wasn't the kind of girl who wanted to be a stay at home and be a mom or get married right out of high school and start to have kids. Though it may work for some people, it just isn't me.
During my senior year of high school, I decided I wanted to be a Pediatrician and I knew what I had to do to become a doctor. I started applying to colleges and only applied to two, University of Kansas and Missouri State University. I got accepted to both schools.
I originally wanted to go to KU, but the tuition was so high, and I went to Missouri State. I knew it was going to roughly take me four years to do my undergraduate and four years to do medical school until I became Dr. Banks, D.O., that is when I pass my Boards.
I told myself I did not want to get married until I was done with medical school, but if God put a man in my path, then maybe it would happen. I don't believe it is selfish to put my career first. I have been schooling since kindergarten and I have worked my butt off to get to where I am now and I love how far I have come.
I am in year five of my undergraduate and I will be graduating Summer 2020 and then medical school. There are some people that will disagree with me in saying that I should get married and start a family because I am not getting any younger, but you know what, it is my life.
They can believe in what they want, but I don't want that, at least not right now. School and my career come first right now. I also want to be financially stable when I get married and start to have a family. I look back at when my parents got married and had me.
My mom was 20 and my dad was 23 when they married and I could not see myself being married that young. I have dreams and aspirations and marriage at this time and point would not be my ideal. I know my parents support me and so do my other family members.
I know being in school while being married and having kids works for some people, but it just isn't for me and I am okay with saying I am okay with being selfish putting my career first before being married. I know God will always be there to provide and watch over me and when it is my time to get married, then it is my time.