here's to freshman year!

well here I am sitting in rocket hall, and I just got done with my last exam of freshman year!

(and no I don't need to come next week!!!) 

as I look back on this past year, it's been full of highs & lows. full of new experiences, full of memories I will never forget. 

freshman year, you were hard. 

and sometimes, you were lonely. 

you were confusing. 

I sadly lost some friends but I've gained so many more. 

but freshman year, you were amazing. 

you were full of new friends. 

you were full of Gods love for me. 

ultimately, you were good.

this year has changed my life for the better. 

I got to go to places I would never imagine I would be at. and I got to become best friends with complete strangers & I now I couldn't see my life without them. 

I got to be on the PINK Toledo campus team all of my freshman year!!! what? that was a dream come true! I got to become friends with Judy & Lindsay, my awesome reps and honestly, they got me through a lot. I would be  lying if I said I won't cry when they graduate. I received campus team member of the month in March! 

I attended the first weekend of Freshman Camp 2016 and met friends that I have kept all year. They are honestly some of the best people ever! 

And a few months later, I had the awesome opportunity being a Freshman Camp counselor. and I also got awarded member of the month in February. this is organization is so amazing and I can't possibly wait to meet my campers this summer!! training since last September is going to pay off when I get to see them for the  very first time!! 

I got jimmy johns with Hanna, way too many times and I got to see Kaleigh get engaged! and I showed my friend, Saranlak, from Thailand, around my hometown.

I hung out with The Crew a bunch, I love spending time with them!! I am so thankful God put them in my life. I got to go to Washington DC with The best Crew around!! What the heck, God is so good!I am so glad they are pro-life and I loved taking the trip to The March for Life with them! While I was in DC, I got to visit with my friend Annie who goes to school out there. They love me like Jesus does. They assured me (many, many times) that nothing, no matter how embarrassing or stupid I am, nothing will ever change between us. They showed me that true friends will always be there for me, through the good and the bad.

I got to celebrate with Christy at her bridal shower and got to meet with Mike in the student union every week!

My family and I took an awesome trip to Dayton and while I was there I got to visit with my friend Lex. 

I became close with my twin in the UY, Betsy and we went to a concert together! she is such a great friend!!

I had the opportunity to give the witness talk at ignite and I am so glad I did!

I interviewed for a huge company that I have loved forever!

I took on an internship (for class credit) through Tribe21 as their social media editor!!!

don't let anyone tell you commuting doesn't suck. it does. a lot. 

This year, I drank too many smoothies and put a lot of miles on my car but I would so do this year over if I could! 

never would I have ever thought, my first year of college would play out like this. 

But, oh man! I am so thankful it did.

when I walked on to campus my first day, I was lost. I didn't know where to go. I didn't know how I was gonna get through all that was piled on me.  

but I'm so glad I did. I survived freshman year!

I have had new friends from here at UT and old friends from back home supporting me in amazing ways.

But this year I was sure of one thing, God is in Toledo and He totally moves in Toledo!!

I can't stop smiling because I never thought this day would come.

this year I have gotten so much more comfortable with Toledo and I love calling this place home💙🚀

here's to 3 more years of being a Rocket and man do I love it! 😊

happy summer! summer '17 please be good to me❤️