Love Is All You Need....

In honor of one of my younger cousins moving in for her freshmen year at college, I decided to do a little nostalgic  post because I miss college that much.

College was such a scary, big, idea throughout high school but especially during that summer before you moved into a dorm.  I spent that summer in Arkansas with Kayleigh and her family and went on various trips to several baseball tournaments.  For some reason, I decided that spending the most memorable summer away from my friends.  Goodbyes scared me sand I didn't want to be the one to miss my friends the most.

That summer seemed endless, until we were getting together to say goodbye to each other.  There were some tears, but mostly promises, countless promises, that we would stay in touch and that we would get together all the time when we were home.

Then college hit.  I went through it all in college.  Friends who stayed and made such a huge impact in my life and will support me in everything I will ever do in my life.  Friends who I thought were everything but turned out to let me down.  People that helped me up every time I fell.  And then those people who spent hours and hours with me at the library, to which we would end the days in the wee hours of the morning laughing and dancing the night away.

College is a place I found myself.  I found out that if I studied hard, and I mean really hard, I could do anything I set my mind to.  The first year was bad academically, but when I decided I needed to get things done, I was able to turn everything around.  I learned who true people were and that sometimes, even with the best intentions, people let you down.  They don't mean to but sometimes life just makes you drift apart from those people who you thought would be in your life till old age.  And I found out about music, and love and friendship and work ethic and communication.  I found that I could be on my own and survive. 

And I found that my family would love me regardless and always be my biggest supporters no matter what.

I am beyond jealous of Kayleigh because she started this wonderful life journey yesterday.  I can not wait to hear how much she loves school and everything she gets to do.  I know everyone has to eventually grow up, but I wish I could relive my college years.  Not to do anything differnt, but to have that care free life where I am always a short walk away from some sort of adventure....