"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." - Les Brown

Today will mark the end of a long four year journey of my life, and I have so many mixed emotions about it. At 6:00 pm tonight, I will walk across the stage at Columbia Coliseum and receive my high school diploma. Honestly, I am NOT ready, even if so many people tell me that I am. I don't do very well with changes and this is a HUGE change for me. Everything that I was used to in high school will all be gone and it won't ever be the same, and I think that's what I'm afraid of the most. I'm going to lose so much with my friends still back at school. The best friends that I have that are graduating will go off and do better things just like I will, but it's still scary that everything won't ever be the same anymore. Mrs. Moore and KRay tell me to not be a stranger when it comes to me visiting them and I wouldn't ever feel that way. I would be in their classrooms every single day after school either helping them or just talking to them, and all of that will change next year and it already has changed. They always tell me that they're only a phone call away and a hall way apart and that they'll always be there whenever I need them. Mrs. Moore always tells me that goodbyes never last forever; they just mean that we'll be parting for a little while and that we'll miss each other and think about one another until we see each other again. I keep on asking myself what I will ever do without those two crazy, but wonderful women and I still don't know the answer to that. But I do know that God is watching over me and He will guide me through all of the hardships that come my way and give me strength the whole way through.

These four years have gone by so fast though and I have grown up a lot and I have been taught a lot thoughout the years. I know Graduation will be amazing. I have a lot of people around me that are there for me and that love me very much. I know I'll be okay. It'll just take some time to get used to and take time to part from some people and be used to not seeing them everyday anymore. I know it'll be hard, but I know that God is with me and He'll get me through everything as long as I keep faith in Him.

Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."