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Caroline Sheridan Moral Lesson
She looked up at the same ceiling above her bed before falling asleep for 18 years.

Caroline Sheridan grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and never moved before coming to Dallas for college.

“I didn’t really think I wanted to go any further west than Nashville for college,” Sheridan said.

Her life was in Nashville. She went a small coed private catholic school from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade. And later a non-denominational school for high school.

Growing up in Nashville with her family and friends made Sheridan who she is today.

“I grew up knowing who I was and where I belonged,” Sheridan said. “It is both a good thing and a bad thing because I know my values and what is important to me but at the same time I grew up very sheltered
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Sheridan spoke very highly over her mother, saying that she guides her and always knows what to say.

Sheridan has an older brother attending the University of Virginia. After she left for college, her mom had an empty nest.

“The hardest part about her going away to school is not seeing her every day, and knowing when to give her space,” mother Pam Sheridan said. “I enjoy her company so much, and she is our last child, and the house is not the same without her, but if she's happy, it makes it easier, and she is.”

In the middle of high school, Sheridan transferred from an all-girl private catholic school to a larger non-denominational school. This transition was difficult for her since she had grown up with the same friends. This was the first time that Sheridan had to step out of her comfort zone.

The second time was when she moved 665 miles away from everything she knew.

“I was excited to come—I was nervous and not very happy about it at the time because I was content with where I was,” Sheridan said. “I was one of those kids who was really content and didn’t feel like anything needed to change, even though it was the time for
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Including joining Chi Omega sorority, working in the admissions department, nannying twice a week, and playing intermural

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