Goodbye 2006

2006
Can be defined with one word: A m a z i n g . . .
-I survived a semester of 18 credit hours at Lakeland last Spring.  
       I got really good grades and one class short of graduating.
-I also worked both jobs: Chuck E Cheese and the bookstore
      through the summer and continued to help with the youth
      group, when able.
-I had a root canal, that hurt.
-I sprained my ankle racing to Artic Thunder at Chuck E Cheese.
        No, it wasn't really Meghan Tucker's fault... 
-In the summer, I quit both jobs.  That was... really hard for me.
-I left for Bolivia wih a team from church, just like the past few
        years
Only this time... I wasn't coming home with them.
-I said goodbye to friends and family.  That was really hard for me,
        too.
-I lived in Bolivia for 6 months.
-I taught English to some neighborhood kids.
-I volunteered at a school.
-I helped with a Kid's Club of 400 kids every week and a Christmas
        party with over 800. 
-I learned a little more Spanish.
-I went swimming on my birthday in November.
-((That was my 21st birthday, by the way.  That's the last big age
          marker that people look forward to; 30 isn't so exciting...))
-I lived with (and next to) the most amazing people.
-In December, I had to say goodbye.  (One of the hardest things
        I have ever done- leaving that place and those people.)
-I was home just in time for Christmas.
-I celebrated with my family.

This year I learned so many lessons about myself, God, and life.  The biggest one would have to be that in an ever-changing world, God is faithful.  No matter how your life changes, He never does and He is always that faithful friend there with you.  What more could one ask for?

2007
What is to come?
My plans are more fickle and foggy right now then ever before.
But, everything will unfold shortly.
Wherever this year takes me, I know that I will learn more about
         my journey and my Author.
Yes, it will have its challenge, but I am prepared for what it has for
         for me.
I will never walk alone.

goodbye, 2006...
welcome, 2007...!

time of my life

 
Current mood: melancholy

Time of Your Life by Green Day


Another turning point 
A fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist
Directs you where to go
So make the best of this test
And don't ask why
It's not a question 
But a lesson learned in time


It's something unpredictable 
But in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life


So take the photographs 
And still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf of good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth 
It was worth all the while
It's something unpredictable 
But in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life.....


It's something unpredictable 
But in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life.....

--south american lessons--

Sometimes,
God takes you from everything you know
to show you who you are!!

I am learning so much
         ... and having the time of my life!