I love people. Always have. I am not sure if it has something to do with me being an only child and craving interaction with my peers, but since childhood I have loved being around people. My mom started calling me a social butterfly in about 9th grade when I discovered I had a way with making friendships and relating with people. It's true. I do love making new friends. Some tell me I am decent at it and I would like to believe that. I strive to use my relationships with people for God's glory. Now I don't always achieve that, but being the fallen human I am I do my best.
As I am reflecting on my time here at Williams I have been thinking about all my numerous friendships I have made here. My friend Chad tells me I am friends with everyone. Obviously that's not true, but it is certainly a wide variety of people. I have my athlete friends, my business major friends, the random commuter students that I had a gen ed with that I still talk to friends, etc. And then there is my core group of friends. So many memories have been flooding my mind as I am in a general state of reflection. I remembered the time we put a cone on top of Jennifer's car and drove around campus. The time that I had to pop, lock and drop in front of Adrianna's. All the bonding and quality time spent together here at Williams. You have supported me and helped lift me up throughout the valleys I have experienced these years here. I am so very thankful that God has blessed me with such amazing friends. I hope that I have been as good of a friend to you as you have been to me. I pray that God has used us to edify each other in our friendship and will continue that work. I know that my relationships that I have made here are strong and will last a lifetime. These are lifetime friends. I also know that they will never be the same. As I am graduating, others are getting married, and we are all growing up in one way or another and life is never going to be the same, but thats okay. I have peace, comfort and joy in the fact though that God sustains us and will continue to bless our friendships as long as they are centered around Him. I am excited, anxious, and giddy when I think of all the crazy, awesome and unknown plans that God has. As Dr. Gore said in class this week "I'm glad I don't have the map."
