It is incredible to me that one year has gone by: one year since my graduation at Mars Hill, one year since I became a degreed individual, one year since I packed up a life I had known for 4 years and moved across the country to begin another adventure. And it is even more incredible to me that in just one short year, I am now 3 months into a Master's degree and living in a foreign country with my permanent return to the life I knew unlikely. It never ceases to amaze me how much things can change in a year. Friends. Education. Lifestyle. Home. Family. Five years ago I was graduating high school, excited yet scared for my move to college. Four years ago, I was excited that my first year was over, and overwhelmed by the thought of 3 more. Three years ago, two years down I didn't want to leave my new home in the mountains to return to the small town life of Sanford. Two years ago I had finished my third year and was struggling with my choice to come down to Costa Rica and spend the next six months learning Spanish (which I look back on now as probably one of the best decisions I had ever made in my life, besides my salvation). One year ago, I was looking back at the last four years and wondering where the hell they went; how in the world they fly right by without me noticing. One year ago, I was walking across the stage in Myers Stadium, receiving my diploma from Dr. Lunsford. One year ago I was saying my sad goodbyes to my three best girlfriends, knowing I would see them again, but knowing it would never be the same as the last four years we spent in each others presence, day and night. One year ago I was unhappy and restless, knowing it was time for another adventure...waiting my time to return to Costa Rica.
It truly amazes me when I think of what I have done in my life, what the Lord has allowed me to become, to achieve, to possess. And as thankful as I am for where I am now, for what I have, the family I have been blessed with, I can't help but wonder what will come next. What is in store for my life, for my future? What plans does God have, and when will he reveal them to me?
I am becoming stressed and overwhelmed once again with the end of the semester workload, and definitely a little homesick for my girlfriends, for my mom, and for my dogs. The pile of final projects seems to keep growing with no end in sight. Five weeks...can feel like an eternity...
As my semester is drawing to a close, I now look back only four short months to where I was. Partying. Wanting things to be the way they had been in 2007. I think I have definitely matured. I have left part of me behind and found where I want to be and what I want to do with my time here but I am also waiting for the day it is over. When I will have another degree and another title, and another adventure to undergo. Without looking too much into the future I am waiting for the time to fly by, just as it did the past five years.
