It’s that time again–the time where I sum up the greatest moments of a semester. This spring was my last semester at Berry College, so it’s fitting that some of these greatest hits were the best of all four years.
- Senior road trip and Harry Potter World with a good friend.
- The many, many lunches and dinners on the English Department’s tab, talking with witty students and hanging out with cool professors.
- Getting a call in the office from The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity.
- Acceptance letters and emails from all my graduate schools.
- Dinner at a sketchy but delicious Mexican restaurant with the SOUP team.
- Joining my roommate and dear friend, Kyley, on her first flight.
- 11:00 PM on a Thursday night when the Indiegogo campaign passed our goal of $6000 in 10 days.
- Boston in the snow over Spring Break.
- Adventuring into tall towers with daring friends.
- Getting nominated as one of a handful of the best female student workers at the college.
- My Ramifications staff presenting me with a small chest full of treasure.
- Lunches with my coworkers–at Harvest Moon, and later at Outback.
- Interviewing Kirsten Gates and having her story come together almost effortlessly. Seeing the story on the cover of the magazine.
- Hanging out with Marcella and Casey after my senior reading, surrounded by English nerds.
- The woman telling me she never understood how Rheumatoid Arthritis felt until I read my poem.
- Wednesday nights with Michelle, Molly and Julie. Praying, laughing and crying together.
- Receiving an award for my writing after working over five months on that portfolio.
- Prep talks, Star Wars debates, and Star Trek discussions with Rick and Casey.
- Fiction final with classmates wearing fake mustaches as they read from their portfolios.
- Dr. Watkins’s hug as I walked down the street lined with professors after graduation.
- Shaking President Briggs’s hand and walking away with my diploma.
alive (to the tips of her fingers) 