Friends, the end of college is near for me! Less than 5 weeks from now, I'm going to be a college graduate. An official grown-up.
This semester, I've gone from being so excited to graduate to so sad that I'm graduating to completely at peace about it to somewhere in between.
Lately, I've been somewhere in between. I can't wait to not have homework to do, papers to write, and tests to study for. But I'll miss spending time with people doing that homework, writing those papers, and studying...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
My Worst Year
The other day I was feeling nostalgic and couldn't fall asleep, so I began looking through old pictures of myself on Facebook. Starting in 2008, I took a little trip down memory lane. To be honest, I haven't changed much. I look almost exactly the same now as I did when I was a junior in high school. However, when I came across pictures of 18-year-old-freshman-in-college me, I had trouble recognizing myself. My eyes were dark, my smile was fake, and my face seemed thin. In these pictures, I was...
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Scary Future vs. Faithful God
"Let's do something spontaneous," one of my friends said a few Fridays ago.
My reply: "Ok, let's plan something for Sunday after church!"
Clearly, I am a crazy, type-A planner, which is awesome when it comes to things like homework and jobs. It's a little less awesome when it comes to real life where things very rarely go exactly the way I plan.
I'm at a weird place in life right now called the end of college. Lots of people keep asking me the question: "So what are you doing when...
Sunday, September 29, 2013
The Necklace
"Me gusta este, I like this," I said pointing to the heart shaped pendant hanging around a girl's neck on our first day in Santa Cruz, Guatemala. I didn't know what to say, but I wanted to say something. It was important to me to try my best to speak Spanish, even if I had no idea what to say or how to say it. These three simple words opened the door to much more conversation with a girl who I would...
Sunday, September 22, 2013
It's All About the People
"I could see you doing this for the rest of your life," my professor, Dr. Starr, said to me as I sat on the ground comforting two crying Indian children. At the time, I assumed that he meant he could see me being a missionary. I took that statement to heart. It stuck with me and caused me to seriously contemplate what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Was I supposed to be a missionary? Was God calling me to another country? What was my purpose? I spent almost a whole semester of college struggling...