I'm not sure if this will be my last post or not, but as I am closing a lot of chapters in my life, it may be time to close this one as well...

3 weeks from today I will once again be walking across the JPAC stage with lights brightly lit, but I will have no microphone or choreography, and my "costume" will look quite different.  I can't believe that after pouring my mind, body, and soul into a piece of paper for 4 1/2 years, I am still as clueless about my future as when I began the journey.  Despite that unresolved certainty, I know lots of other things have changed.  I finally feel grown up, I have found life-long friends, I have expereinced hurts and disappointments, I have experienced joys and unexpected blessings.  My views on Christianity, music, relationships, and life in general have been forever altered.  What in the world would my life have been like if I had chosen somewhere else to go to college?  I'm sure I would have still been happy.  But I have experienced the things that were meant for me here at Ouachita and they have made me into the woman I am today.  These college years have flown by so fast, and I know the next 4 1/2  will go by even quicker.  But I am thankful for the present even as I dare to look eye to eye with the unknown.  The Lord puts His children where they need to be, when they need to be there.  I am thankful for the role that each of you have had in my life in one way or another.  And I pray that even though we will soon part ways, our paths will cross again once more.  Thanks for reading...

Hailey <><