Semester Recap

I like to reflect at the end of semesters.

It seems like the older I get, the faster life seems to go by and it only gets faster from here. Its nice to take a minute and remember the good things, learn from the bad, the things to carry over, and the things to let go.

So this semester... Fall 2014.

My heart still swells with love and appreciation at the thought of the past 5 months of my life. It hasn't been easy. There has been tough times, tears, lots of encouragement, discouragement, to many pictures taken, not enough taken, and a whole lot of love. There was exhaustion behind closed doors in the comfort of my room. There was journeys walked alone and journeys walked with people who keep me going.There was adventure.

My semester "story" is not one of perfection. I wish I could say that getting through this semester with two rods in my back was easy. I wish I could say I have never thought "I can't or I don't want to do this anymore". Maybe from the outside thats what it appears like, but from the inside it was full of a girl driving the struggle bus and a God in control of the wheel.

There were many times I said "I can't" and God whispered right back "You can, you will, and you did". There still are many times where I say "I am tired of dealing with this, no one understands, and Its annoying" and God said "come to me I give you rest, look how far you've come, and its almost over." Theres been much comfort in the fact that He knows exactly what my bodies doing when I'm fighting the waves of muscle spasms, nerve pinches, and just not even knowing what is going on.

There has been confidence, strength, and beauty.

There was adventure.

I went to a Clemson football game, a Nick Jonas concert, woke up and fought for Taylor Swift tickets, participated in making history with 100 other photographers, and drove to charlotte.

There was exploring new ministry opportunities of new things I am interested in.

There was ministry being done on campus and people who challenged me to be better than who I am now.

There has been so much Jesus, so much love, and so much healing.

Prayers were answered.

Pictures... There has been so many pictures both art, job, and personal. So. Many.

I fell in like [we haven't crossed the boarder to love yet] with tea... you know the kind that doesn't require a cup of sugar.

I baked over 100 cookies for my ladies bible study and for my roommate. We really like cookies.

I met a new friend whom I had the pleasure of living with this past semester [Emily you are the bomb.com] There has been a lot of Netflix and laughter in The FHAT House Room 269 [Thats our suite name]

I met a friend who is from Germany and 8 years ago she also had her spine fused.

And this is only the beginning.