{"id":88412,"date":"2019-04-29T10:48:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=88412"},"modified":"2019-04-29T10:48:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:48:12","slug":"one-call-led-fulfilling-college-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/one-call-led-fulfilling-college-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"One Call Led to Fulfilling a College Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up, Madison Varner knew the burden of paying for college would rest squarely on her shoulders.<a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/mother-two-develops-passion-nutrition-um\/journeytocommencement-logo-paths-with-the\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88034\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-88034\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/journeyTOcommencement-logo-paths-with-the-01-web-300x95.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/journeyTOcommencement-logo-paths-with-the-01-web-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/journeyTOcommencement-logo-paths-with-the-01-web-768x244.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/journeyTOcommencement-logo-paths-with-the-01-web-2048x651.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/journeyTOcommencement-logo-paths-with-the-01-web-640x203.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But it was not an obstacle the Brandon native has any bitterness about because her family&#8217;s spare resources had always been devoted to her physically and intellectually disabled older sister.<\/p>\n<p>It was truly a team effort to provide her sister with the best day care, surgeries and medications. 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