After my dreaming I woke with this fear, what am I leaving when I'm done here?

As this school year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on all my experiences I have had throughout these past two hectic semesters and can't help but be amazed at how much my life has changed. So many new elements have been added to my life, and I feel like through them I have really matured and grown. More than once I experienced heartbreak unlike anything I'd felt before, I've grown in my faith, met so many new people, gone on many road trips, opened myself up to much more vulnerability, shared great experiences with great friends, and also had nights where I lay in bed wondering where life was going to take me next. I've shed many tears and laughed many laughs, and I don't regret a single one.

Much of this year has been a struggle for me financially, which certainly had a profound influence on how I was able to live my life and take part in the activities around me. There were many times where it was very hard for me to keep going, times when it seemed like it was going to be impossible to lift my head off the pillow in the morning and join the land of the living again. Luckily, God kept me going and never failed to walk me through each and every day of this year.

It's almost inconceivable to me that in just a few months I'm going to be a junior and officially in the School of Education, taking my clusters and preparing for my student teaching experience. I'm so excited for what is in store for me, because I know it's gonna be awesome and the problems I'm struggling with now are going to eventually be a thing of the past.