I'm lovin' this plan so far!

PSYCH! I'm not taking a break from blogging for the summer, so you can breathe a sigh of relief now! There's so much happening, I can't wait a couple more months to start writing again that's just not fair to y'all.  It is completely blowing my mind that I am already done with my freshman year of college! It feels like only yesterday when I moved all my things into my dorm, registered for classes and even wrote my first blog post. ...where has the time gone?? I found myself really thinking back on all that has happened this year these past couple weeks and thinking even more about how I got to where I am. I'm not going to go into full detail since most of you know now about my gap year I had to take, but most of you don't know how lost I felt and how I didn't think I would get another chance to go to college. I felt myself losing faith not only in myself, but in my dream. It was slipping farther and farther away from me with each passing day. Then one day, I flipped open my bible and turned straight to what is now my favorite verse Jeremiah 29:11, where I then read "For I know the plans I have for you' declares The Lord. 'Plans to prosper but not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." At this moment in my life, this verse really spoke to me and truly helped me get back up from where I had fallen. This verse was so important to me that I decided to have it permanently placed on my arm to always remember that there is a plan for my life and to never lose faith. Now, don't sit here and think that I'm going to shove my religion in your face, I'm simply giving a little background story here. Anyway, this verse made me believe that there was a plan and a good one coming. I had no idea when, but I knew soon it was coming and sure enough it did when I got the simple 'YES' I needed from Catawba College. I didn't even need to visit this place to know my decision of whether to go there or not. Everything was falling into place, so I knew this was part of the plan that was made just for me. Sure enough, once I got to school it all became so clear that I was meant to be here! I don't like to brag on myself really, but I must say that I find such pride in the work I've done this year and even more the hard work and trials I fought through to get to where I am now. The friends I made, the skills I learned, and even the reputation I have made for myself as a person with good work ethic and very serious about what she wants to do with her life....what more could I ask for? Sure there were struggles with this year it wasn't perfect, but man was it a thrill ride that I am so incredibly blessed to have ridden! So many doors have opened for me already with just this year alone, I can't even imagine what 3 more years is going to do for me! "For I know the plans I have for you..." and what a beautiful plan it is and it has only just begun. So get ready my friends, this summer is going to be amazing and don't worry, I'll keep you posted!