After all, every child grows up...except, one.

I write to you as an alumness of Marshall Acadmey. Thats right, I did it! Years of work, struggles, exams, essays, study groups, teacher turnovers, and the like. Now here I am.

And I don't feel any different..

I'm still me. I just ask a lot more questions now.

I'm more frightened than ever before.

Thats about it...and I could have done without feeling this way.

Some people talk about how they are so glad its all over and they cant wait to go somewhere else, some never wanted it to end, but me, I wish I could do it all over again. There are so many things I would take back, so many improvements I could have made. But then I get to thinking, "Would I be who I was and go where I am going if I had made those decisions differently?"

 I don't think so.

I believe in mistakes, I do. But I believe that without mistakes it is impossible to learn. I have made alot, and in turn I have learned alot. About me, About life, About society, About people.

I hope what I have done, where I have gotten have made those who are important to me proud. That's what I wanted.

I have accomplished everything I thought I would and as I embark on the greatest adventure of my life, furthering the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I continue to reflect on the people and places I used to know. Those who thought me so much. Or who I was able to teach. The friends who were always there.

Moving on is a hard, hard thing to do. And sometimes I wish I didn't have to do it. But then I would never discover myself. Something I still have to do.

So here I go. Out of one door, closing it behind me.

-Aggie-