Unexpected Nostalgia

Sitting alone in my dorm I decided to go through and weed out the unnecessary pictures that consume my Facebook. Talk about an unexpected trip down memory lane. Pictures from every event, dance, sleepover, get together, really anything since sophomore year were there. It's crazy the things we stressed over so intensely during the times of those pictures. With each new photo I am teleported back to that quick snippet during high school.

I am so thankful for the high school experience I was given. I was blessed with great friends, organizations, family, church family, and young life club. I am so thankful for every bit of it. Looking back at some pictures I will admit stings a little and prods a few healing scars, but never the less I'm thankful for the good that was there. Each relationship, each friendship were all so great in their time and some continue on today. The Lord has truly worked through all instances and it has only been 5 months since I graduated. I cannot believe how long ago high school seems and how quickly these photos became simple representations of distant memories.

Each picture brings back a sense of reminiscing of the simplicity of high school, knowing I was going home to a wonderful mother, and knowing exactly what to expect from school and friends the next day, being involved and making some sort of difference on the Boswell campus. Pictures of graduation and prom make me tear up. Call me a baby all you want but some of those memories are so precious to me, but the people that complete these memories are even more special to my heart.

I am so thankful to the Lord for the four years I was blessed with at Boswell. Sure they weren't all fun and games, smooth, or easy but they were all worth it. I can genuinely say I took something away from each situation, friendship, and relationship. I'm thankful that He changed my heart and taught me compassion. I didn't love people as I should have, especially senior year and I still regret how bitter I was. The Lord is good and has softened my heart; He has broken my selfish defenses and replaced them with a heart of compassion. His plan is good and we cannot begin to understand how things are working for the good in the middle of them, but once we are out of the storm it's a beautiful sight. Thank you Lord.