Well...yesterday, I shared my final moments as a student at EC with my boyfriend. It's been a rough week for me and I've had to do a lot of thinking on a dime. But just like all the other bad times in my life, there was a peace there.
On Saturday night, I began crying to my boyfriend about many things. Not only was I upset about leaving school and having to make a grown-up decision such as where to live... but I also had been reminded of friends from church, several of whom haven't spoken to me in awhile. It's so stupid how people from churches will totally ignore you when you leave, even if you do so on good terms.
So yesterday was weird. I walked with David to a couple of places on campus. On the way there and back, I was looking at all the places I would be leaving in just a couple short hours. As I did, I suddenly realized that this place that I had called home for about a year and a half seemed like it wasn't home anymore. It felt like I had come to EC as a student YEARS ago and stayed for my four years and graduated...it felt like I had just come back for a visit to the memories of years gone by. It didn't occur to me until about an hour later that the feeling was new life. It was something I needed and wanted desperately, and I'm so thankful God gave it to me.
Here's to a new chapter in my life. To those of you who are wondering, I will be looking in to leaving home soon and living with my cousin in Atlanta. I look forward to what God has in store for me from here on out.
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