Hi, I hope you are doing well. It's been awhile since we've spoken and I wanted to give you an update. I wanted to let you know that everything is fine and that I am doing really well. I was walking around campus and thought that there are so many things that I want to tell you. You are my best friend, I thought you should know what has happened in my life.

I had a great summer. I learned so much! I spent time with friends and family. That sounds cliché but it's true. I made a point to reach out to those who I wanted in my life and I am still in the process of reaching out to people. I realized that I have crossed paths with some truly amazing people and I don't want to lose them.

I worked my butt off this summer. My average workday was 13 hours and I honestly don't know how that happened. Some days were really hard but some days were really good. People amaze me every day in good and bad ways. Each day was a new adventure, working with babies, toddlers, middle and high schoolers and adults, I never knew what was about to happen. I learned to enjoy the unexpected.

Summer ended all too fast. School hit me like a storm and I am still in the process of finding the ground. Things are changing all around me. I want to do different things with my life because I am not too small. I can no longer think laterally, I need to think vertically. The sky is truly the limit and I intend to find it. There is no reason to keep my feet on the ground when I was created to jump, flip and fly.

"God doesn't give us any more than we can handle" -Mother Teresa

God has stretched and pulled me in so many ways that I have learned to say "no." I have been shown that there are times when it is okay to turn down an offer so that another one can come around. Saying "yes" to what is in front of me is not always the best choice, sometimes I need to take a step around the obstacle and see what is beyond the horizon.

There is so much more that I could say. Details and minuscule things that I know you would enjoy, because there were, and still are, so many things that happen and that I see and immediately think of grabbing my phone to tell you all about. One day, we can share those stories. It will be a day when we are older and wiser. A day when we have collections of stories and will have to schedule time to tell them. A day when we are different people and remember the good that has come from our decisions.

I am really proud of you for doing what is best for you. I can't always see the big picture when I am caught up in the details but you have helped me look up and open my eyes. You are going to do amazing things — amazing things that I can't wait to find out about. Don't stop being you, but don't be afraid to grow and change the way that you need to. God gives what He can handle, and that is a lot of love.