“Relax, have a drink with me…one last time.” -LMM
As I was sitting in church Sunday morning it hit me. That
would be the last time my “Christ Fellowship Fam” would be {mostly} altogether
on a Sunday morning. Today, it hit me again that this whole graduation thing is
really happening. I was sitting in my last class ever as an undergrad and as my
professor started to dismiss us, she said, “I’ll see you all at graduation,”
and I one hundred percent teared up. Graduation is four days away. Four. I
haven’t really gotten emotional or sentimental about it all happening until
this week because growing up as a military child, I kind of learned to live day
by day instead of anticipating when I would be moving next or in this case,
when this chapter of my life would be closing. Although I’ve sporadically been
counting days until graduation since the beginning of the semester, the true
reality of it all just started hitting me. Over the past two weeks, I’ve had
multiple, “one last time” moments, from Formal, Last Chapter, and Senior Wills,
to Senior Sunrise, to my last Bible Study Party and last Church Service, to
class today. Over the next few days, there will be a few more “one last time”
moments as Senior Toast occurs, my cohort and I join together for College of Ed
Pinning, and I walk across that stage at 5 PM Saturday evening to receive my
diploma. Walking from the parking lot to Schollmaier Arena Saturday afternoon
will be the last time I walk across TCU’s beautiful campus as an Undergraduate
Student. I feel like I blinked and it was all over.
Although I am a little overwhelmed by all the things
happening to close this spectacular chapter in the journey of my life and am a
bit sad that many of my friends are scattering to the winds to embark on their
next adventures, I am filled with joy, gratitude, and excitement. These past 4
years have not always been easy, but God provided me with the best group of
friends a girl could ask for to navigate this crazy, beautiful life. The
community He gave me was there through the good, bad, and really ugly. For
that, I will be forever grateful. I couldn’t have done college without Jesus
and my best friends by my side. Though scary, I feel that I am ready to close
this chapter in my book and begin writing the pages of the next one. I am so
excited to see what the future holds, not just for me, but the amazing people
graduating with me.
“The best friends you
will ever have are the ones that inspire you to be exactly who you are in ways
you never thought were possible.” ~Unknown
“Find friends who aren’t
too proud to pray for you. To cry for you. To hope for you. To ask God to be
one with you. That’s what’s real.”
“To humans belong the
plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue.
All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the LORD.
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” –Proverbs
16:1-3
Yours Truly,
Steph
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