Five goals and the Little Bird

So before I get started on what I want to say today, I probably should mention that my first two days of school were successes. Even though my only class at school is pre-calculus (definitely not my fav), I am enjoying being the oldest ones at school. Also watching the freshmen get lost and wander around is kinda funny too.. only because I remember being them. Okay… now moving on!
Before I talk about my main five goals for this school year, I need to introduce yet another one of my dear friends. Ann Collins, or Little Bird (interesting nickname, interesting story), has been one of my absolute best friends since 8th grade when we went on a church trip and shared a room for a week. She is one of the only ones who I can text and be completely real with, knowing that she will be honest and tell me what I need to hear. And I am SO EXTREMELY thankful for her.
She has been there for me a lot, especially in the last year. Including last Thursday night. It was late, I had just come in from a night with my (now college going) friends. And all of a sudden it hit me. Oh my gosh. They are leaving. These are friends that I had spent pretty much my entire summer with. Almost every night. And I'm gonna be alone. And so basically I had a pity-party meltdown. And so I texted Ann Collins because she always manages to make me feel better about life. And she didn't fail this time either. The text I received in response to my emotional, freak out, mini-novel I sent her was absolutely what I needed to hear. She told me to think of five things I was trying to do this year. And that throughout this year, she would remind me of these five things and use them to remind me that God is in control of this world, and it is His plan. And she spoke to me about remembering that God is the one in charge. Whether I willingly allow Him to be or not. He is. And so I sat down and wrote out my five goals. And so I'm sharing them on here with the hope that this will make me more accountable to accomplish them.

1. Spending time with my school friends. I can't say it enough. I LOVE my friends. And this year I want to try hard to spend time with them and make memories with them. Individually, as a group, in small groups, I want to hang out and do fun things.
An old pic from NHS induction last year
2. Being a positive influence and showing Jesus' love to my East Florence Mission kids. I'm gonna write a post about them one day. But basically I see them once a week, they get a free meal and a Bible lesson. They're split up by ages for the lesson and I get the 5-9 year olds. I love them and they love me. Every year I pray to make a difference but this year I am really hoping that God will do something special in their hearts. 
It's blurry, two years old, and edited but I still love it.
 Two of my absolute favorite EFM kiddos. Love them so so so much.
3. Going and staying with my college friends. I feel like someone told me that one of the great things about senior year is being able to go stay with friends and experience some levels of college without actually being there. I'm lucky enough to have a lot of friends at many different schools. And since I'm at every USC home game, I get to see my USC friends. Looking forward to seeing the two below in a week and two days! 
My USC favs
4. Encouraging, praying for, reaching out to the sweet younger girls in youth group. There are a few I have in mind specifically for this but I want to be able to develop a deeper relationship with all of them. They are all so sweet and so much fun to be around. I so loved going to Great Escape with the middle-schoolers this year. 
Great Escape selfies are great
5. Making this year a fun year. Being happy and content. Making memories. I am so excited for college (believe me..) but I also know that I'm gonna miss this time when it's gone. I want to try my hardest to make the most of everything. Including Sunday's and Wednesday nights with my friends, especially these three who took a pic with me last Sunday. Even Worth who crashed our pic. 
Who doesn't love lemonade under the oaks with green grass and wedges?
I am excited for this year and where it's gonna take me. Nervous too. But excited. It's an adventure. But I'm slowly learning that as much as I wanna be in control.. I'm not. And that's okay. The One who is has much better plans than I ever will.











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