A Year in the Life of Whitney

So it has been over a year now since I first started posting my thoughts online. Today I went back and reviewed all I had written. It is crazy to think of all that has happened in a year. I never would have guessed then where I would be now. A lot has happened since last July - some good and some bad but all of it has been important. Reviewing what I've written has helped me to see even more how each detail and moment of my life falls into place and impacts everything else. One of my favorite things was looking back on posts from late August and early September of last year. These months impacted so greatly how the rest of the year would go. I was skeptical and nervous of starting college in Toccoa. Each post I can see how I gradually began to open up to the new experiences and opportunities I found and I am so glad I was able to. At any moment then, I could have stopped that growth and decided it was too hard, that I wanted to go home. Second smester could have found me back here in California had I made that choice. But I didn't. Instead, I chose to wait it out and see what happened, to move forward into this unknown place without being afraid. There were times when it was hard and I didn't want to be there, but those are also the times when I learned and grew the most, the times I needed to be there for. And now, I am so glad I got through those. I made it to the other end. I know this year probably has a whole new set of struggles waiting for me, but seeing how well the past year turned out can give me encouragement to male it through them.