Growth, Heart Breaks, Friendships and Memories.

Me and one of my Best Friends, Mary Helen Douglas on the first day of 8th grade.

My sister and I before the first day of school


There have been several ups and downs throughout my 3 years of middle-school. Three years of growth, heart breaks, friendships and memories. As I look back and reflect on the the last years I realize how much I have grown. Not only have I grown on the outside, but I have also grown spiritually. There have been different phases of middle-school, different friends, and several other differences. All these things worked together to form me. Even through the hard times, the Lord used all the different circumstances to help me grow. I stopped trying to find my identity in the things that only last a moment and began finding my identity on the things that matter. Sometimes when I felt that all had lost hope and I wanted to turn my back and give up, God was there tugging at my heart. I can't list all the things that I have learned it one post.
I know one of the biggest things I have learned revolves around friends. Not only have do I know who my true friends are, and how a true friend treats you and loves you, but I have learned how to be a true friend as well. I have had shallow relationships in the past. Now my friendships are built on God. Praying for one another, encouraging each other and being there when things get tough. As I have my moments of reviewing, I look back... and through all the tears and hard times I have embraced, it was all worth it to get to where I am now.