Finally at peace...

I think that sometimes we are blessed in ways that we never thought we would need to be. I say this because recently this has happened in my life. As all of you know I am done with school (classes at least), the last time I was done with school I wasn’t ready. I remember being so anxious and antsy about that (who know I was anxious and antsy before becoming friends with MaryAnne). The last time we left utah I wasn’t ready either. We have left twice, once for dallas, and once for New York, both times I remember spending those months thinking, “I cannot wait until we go home”.  

Getting into graduate school was a blessing in disguise for me. It started as a way to keep busy, to further develop my skills, and follow my passion to save the world, but it has ended up so much more than that. I have ended up with much needed time to figure out a direction for my life, time to grow into a better person, and time to make some  amazing friends. What started out as something I did more for my ego than anything else has ended up teaching me some valuable life lessons, and despite all the grief that the SAS semicolons gave me, this experience has given me the peace I needed as I head off into this next stage of life.

This time as I get ready to leave school and Utah, I am still nervous, the future is still unknown, but instead of feeling sick, I feel at peace. That isn’t to say there wont be a few tears shed over the next 24 hours, or that there wont be days when I wont miss provo, all of those things will happen, but this time leaving wont be so heartbreaking.

 I feel at peace because I know that choosing the path less taken was the right choice for our family at this time, at peace because I know that there are more exciting things to come, and at peace because I know that it is time to leave, time to move on, and time to start this next stage of life.