Well here we are at the end of a marvelous year. This was a year of change, a year or new adventures, a year of goodbyes and a year of hellos. What a year it has been.
It is hard to believe that just one year ago I was a senior in high school with absolutely no idea where I would be in the next six months. Well, I can honestly say, one year later, that I know I am exactly where I’m supposed to be.
Last January and February I was just trying to figure out who I was and where I was going. March Kairos (a retreat at my high school) gave me the opportunity to really examine my life and answer that question with “I don’t know, but I’m not worried.”
April was a whirlwind as I visited colleges and made a decision as to where I would be going in the fall.
May was probably my favorite month. I said goodbye to high school. I said goodbye to the comfort and security of knowing everyone and everything about my small community. I said goodbye to an amazing four years filled with a few life challenges, a lot of fun, and incredible friends.
As I threw my purple graduation cap into the night sky with my 137 fellow classmates, I was symbolically throwing my childhood behind me, and I did it with a smile. It was certainly bittersweet.
May was a month of celebration and reflection. We celebrated my past, my future and a huge milestone in life, one I will never forget.
May turned to June, which turned to July. Those summer months I worked at a job I loved because of the people I worked with and had fun with. I also enjoyed the months as a time when I was still a child on summer vacation, but in the back of my mind I was anticipating something bigger.
August was a month of waiting and transitioning. I was getting used to the idea of moving across the country to start something brand new.
September threw me right into that change. I met so many new people and discovered new things about myself. I thought that once I got to college I would be a whole new person. What I found out for the next few months was that I was still and will always be me.
I made some great friends, had a number of laughs and realized that hey, I’m living in a big old city and sometimes high school never really does end as much as we’d like it to. But life goes on and often times, it is only what we make it.
So for your enjoyment I have made a slideshow of my year 2010. It was fun to watch as my life transitioned from high school senior with friends of a lifetime to a college freshman with new friends and experiences.
This year was one of change, of goodbyes to the life I knew, and hello to a life I chose. I became a person of new perspectives, and I can definitely feel myself growing up. I became a better version of who I was one year ago. Thank you to all of you who helped me reach that potential.
So what will 2011 bring? I can’t wait to find out! Happy New Year!
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