I'm graduating from College in 4 days.
I'm leaving Waverly Iowa. I'm leaving the place that has brought me some of the greatest joy I've ever felt. I'm leaving the place that gave me the best friends I ever had. I'm leaving the professors that have invested in me like no one ever has before. I'm packing up the house I live in with my best friends, and replaying every memory we've made. I'm saying goodbye to a campus that is full of so much beauty. In a few days I'll leave the place that has helped me grow, has believed in me, given me the confidence to fulfill my dreams, and gave me wings to fly.
My heart hurts knowing that graduation day is getting closer and closer and there is nothing I can do to make the time go by slower. I feel abnormal in knowing that not to many years ago was I dreaming of the day I would graduate college and how exciting that would be. Now……. the truth is…………. I really don't want to leave. I'm not ready.
As these waves of tremendous emotions keep flooding my mind everyday, God is making every effort to call my name, and assure me that all I can do is lean on him. I'm being reminded that while on the race there will probably be many times that I will form unexplainable bonds with people in each country. I probably won't want to leave them. I probably won't be ready.
In times of uncertainty and fear I'm comforted in knowing that God's plan is still unfolding for me. I must trust that he will guide me in making new friends, but keeping the old. I must trust that this college community that has blessed me in unexplainable ways will always be apart of me. I must trust that the memories I've made here will be locked away in my heart and never leave. I must trust that God's plan is real, and being revealed to me everyday. I must trust in this time of fear and sadness.
Thank you Wartburg. Thank you for giving me my roots and wings…. so now I can fly.
