Final Year at BYU

Since 1994, at the age of four I have been going to some form of school.  Starting off as a preschooler clear up to being a super senior at BYU.  I officially feel like a cougar!! However, I think I feel like a cougar regarding age rather than school pride ha.  I have been to several different schools, been enrolled in classes ranging from human biology, prehistoric life, pilates,  public speaking, to my final class of family processes.  I have moved houses and apartments nearly 5 times in the last 4 years.  My life has been everything but stable... I have spent my last two summers half way across the world either in the land of the Massai Tribes and with the king of the Jungle the lion himself in Tanzania, Africa.  Or up in the rice patties and jungle villages of Chiang Rai, Thailand.  Needless to say my life the last 4 years has been nothing but a new journey full of surprises every year.  Well, this next year I believe will be my biggest one yet.  I will be graduating BYU in December and not sure if I'm ready for the mystery of what lies ahead.

If there is one thing I have learned over the last several years it is to be open to what life throws at you.  Sometimes it is challenging and feels unbearable but down the road (possibly years down the road) you will look back and understand those were the moments that placed you where you needed to be today. Three years ago I moved to Provo to start my bachelors degree I remember asking myself everyday, "what are you doing here?" Nothing made sense and my vision was completely blurred and distorted by confusion and a pessimistic attitude... I seemed to be there for a while.. but sure enough year after year I was lead to where I am today, and that is a state of unstability, confusion, and at times still pessimism.  However, I look back and can pick out a 101 reasons of why I went through what I went through.. I was blessed to meet some incredible people, gain an education that has led me to what I love and look forward to doing in the future.  I have laughed a lot, cried a lot, got some A's and even got a C or two. I have moved apartments several times a year, traveled the world, and traveled the magical town of Provo haha.  I have embarked on a special journey.  A journey unlike any other, because it is my journey.  I have learned to LOVE what LIFE hands you.  I can't wait to see what the future holds, because I feel it is exactly what I'll need... Here's to putting faith in life's mysteries!