Like a Book

             I cannot believe that I am finished with my first year of college. It has been the most exciting, most memorable, hardest, and amazing year of my life.
God answered many of my prayers in brining me to this amazing community of Westmont College and brining into my life some of the best friends I have ever had. I know that I am truly blessed by this.
            Yesterday was the transition, from my freshman dorm, Page, back to home. Although this is sad transition, it is nice to know that the journey is only beginning, rather than ending.
            My roommate and I were talking before we left school, and we decided that college is like a book. It is made of chapters, and each chapter holds a new adventure. It is similar to a book, in that the first chapter (or, in this case, year)  is where you are introduced to the characters. It is in the following chapters, however, once the introductions have been made, where the adventures are able to begin and be more fully embraced. Continuing in this book analogy, then, the summers are like a footnote to the chapters, they allow the good times to be expanded upon.
            In thinking like this, the time away from the community at Westmont will not be sad, rather, it will be an expansion of the experiences and adventures that will be different. Summers will be nice and relaxing, without the parameters of school work. With this mindset, I am looking foreword to enjoying the now and seeing what God has planned for this summer.