All by myself I stand Alone

I can’t believe it.

It’s been an entire year. So much has happened in the past 365 days; Some of it good and some of it bad, but it all has continued shaping me into the person that I am suppose to be. It’s been exactly a year since I graduated high school. I finished my freshman year of college successfully and now I’m home working my first “big girl” job. 

It’s been a year since The Group was last together. Since you last winked and smiled that smile of yours at me on the graduation stage before you were about to cross. 364 days since I said goodbye, with intent of both sides supposedly being “see ya later”, to my best friend and love of my life. Since the last time I had the privilege of burying my head into his chest and feeling his strong arms encompass my body. It’s been 365 days since my other 2 best friends and I decided that we were never going to drop one another and that if the 4th best friend ever decided that they wanted to be friends again or if they ever needed us for anything, that we would be there. We wouldn’t hold grudges; we would just go back to how it was and continue to be life long friends. All 3 of those wonderful people have carved their own unique design on my heart, whether they like it or not, and will remain there for all eternity. An imprint of love and friendship.

It’s been an entire year since I went to Europe with an outstanding high school choir and got to sing under the direction of one of the most talented choral directors anywhere. A year since I had a musical geek out session with Mason on the bus ride to Paris and them went gallivanting around Amsterdam with all of my newly made friends. It was a trip of a lifetime.

I’ve also had a whole year of growing stronger in the Lord and surrounding myself with other disciples who can encourage and help me continually learn. It’s been a year of being on my own and making new friends though they can and will never replace my 3 best friends. 

A whole year of trials and temptations, meltdowns and stressors but also of discoveries and encouragements, adventures and first times. I look forward to what God has in store for the next however many days He decides to give me.