Graduation....Spring 2013

My wonderful floor mate, roommate, turned neighbor, turned resident is finally graduating and leaving me for the Big Apple. This is the friend that encourages me to live a little.... soooo I'm everyone's good girl,  pacifier, comforter, angel,  etc. This requires me to remain level headed and rooted in the things of God. However, I struggle with being "the mother to my friends" and being the twenty years young girl/lady that I am. I have limited responsibility, yet I am an octopus jugging multiple hats.   I am on my way to being the leader of generations to come, I am an assistant to residents, I am a mentor to many, a friend, a daughter, a sister, . My mission is to preserve humanity but sometimes I think I really need to be it's savior. Often I am emotionally wounded by the digital age. I miss the days of leaving the house and meeting strangers who became best friends.  All of our encounters before she became my resident, where coincidental.  For example, the day we met.  There was a huge snow storm that shut down the campus.  We were both going to the elevator at the same time.  Naturally, I am a friendly person, so I spoke to her on the way down.  I found out that we were both on the search for food and we  learned we had lots of things in common.  I met a beautiful stranger that day who turned into one of my best friends.  A friend that I will have forever, she is constantly teaching me things.  I feel like she exposes me to people, places and things I would have never encountered on my own.  As I sit here sipping my ginger tea, (she gave me)  I am forming a bond with spice that is not native to me.  The more we interact the deeper my love grows for my friend.  I learn to be more selfless or to be a little more cautious. The most important lesson she taught was to live a little, let my hair down.