Hello all! I just wanted to update you on where I’m at in life:
In exactly one week and two hours, I will be graduating from Minnesota State University, Mankato with a Bachelors of Science in Anthropology. Hours after graduating I will be going to a week-long camp with MSU Intervarsity and, finally, after that I will be officially moving into my mom’s house to work until the World Race. It feels so surreal that it doesn’t feel real at all!
Something you should know about me that you may or may not already be aware of: I am an extremely sentimental, sappy soul. For example, I go to a park and start playing with some random kids for an hour. When it’s time to say goodbye, I have to try not to tear up because I know I’ll never see them again. So imagine these feelings, but towards leaving a chapter of my life in which I changed in a billion and one ways in the span of 3.5 years.
As you can guess, the rest of this blog is gonna be super sentimental.
As I finish up my last weeks at MSU I find myself reminiscing about all my memories here and, specifically, what God has done during this time of my life. Seriously though, if I looked at myself now as a freshman, I would never have believed that this is how life could be! When I first started college I was at Calvin College in Michigan, desperately trying to maintain a long-distance relationship while transitioning into college life and independence.
I transferred to MSU halfway through the year for said-relationship as well as the cheaper cost of school. This time was such a low point for me as I had no friends and no local support system. Along with this, I was finding my identity in so many things: my relationship with my boyfriend of the time, academics, what people thought of me, the list goes on and on. And truthfully, I still struggle with a lot of these, but God has been showing me how incredibly free I can be with Him. He has blessed me with so many amazing people and experiences that have completely changed my life in these past 3.5 years here!
With only a week left, I have been visiting my favorite local park every day:
This is a park I’ve spent years coming to. When I walk through it I remember all of the moments I spent in it:
Running by myself; walking with friends.
Addressing issues inside of myself with God; talking over problems that I really didn’t want to face with friends.
Forgiving; moving forward.
Watching the Canadian geese do geese things; dreaming of the future.
And it all reminds me of this:
God has put us where we are for a reason and we should take hold of every moment of it, even if it’s incredibly difficult to do so. Because once that time in life is done, life goes on.
