Senior: Brittany

I like hanging out with Seniors. And not because they're fun, quirky, excited-about-life, and totally cool (though that always helps).

(And, yeah, Brittany totally fits in that category.)

No, what I enjoy most is reflecting on when I was a Senior in High School, facing life with a bold ambition and general naivete. Making plans, dreaming dreams, living life. It was a special time, full of question marks and huge decisions. Fears. Dreams. Plans. Missed plans. Rescheduled dreams. Scary time, but happy.

I look back and realize that I could never, ever dreamed of the life I am living now. No, not in a million years could I have even scratched the surface on the beauty of the dreams fulfilled. Dreams I hadn't even dreamed are now dreamed AND realized.

Does that make sense?

Basically, life now is tons better than high school me could've planned. And that's super amazing.

So when I get to spend time with fun Seniors like Brittany, I look at my history and into her future. I rejoice in all that has happened since my high school graduation (which feels like a bazillion years ago -- or maybe it was yesterday), and I look forward to seeing what God has in store for this year's graduates.

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. (Ephesians 3:20 - 21)