God Gave Me You

Have you ever heard the saying that God places people in your lives for a reason?
How about how God places you on a path to run into people that you once knew?
Or how God has plans for your whole life?

God has placed many people before me, many that have stuck around and a good amount that have since left my life. But the ones that have stayed by my side are my rock that I cling to when days are rough. They are the ones that I can call at any time or any day to tell them something bad or something good. They celebrate with me and cry with me.

This week my those friends have seen me at my weakest. Over joyed with news and sadden on the same day with other news. They were the rocks that made me make it through the week.

But who are these friends? I've shared the journey to my friend Michelle and her birthday celebration. And it was always my goal to share my journey to all my friends, the ones that impact my life and allow me to be who I am. After last week, I have realized how much they mean to me, the old friends and the new ones. And my with my new adventure to South Africa on the horizon, I am realizing who I am leaving behind for those 6 weeks and its making me sad. So let the stories begin.

Morgan and I also have a very interesting story. I know my friends laugh when I say we meet twice, but really we are totally different from when we were 7 and 8 and in elementary school to now in college.

Transitions Leader in 2009 led me back into her life, HE had this plan. By chance I was assigned to her building. We swapped numbers, hung out all week, and I introduced her to the gang. The rest would be history, but our journey has continued just as with all my friends. Faith has brought us closer. Sunday mass, Retreat, and just the everyday beauty that we both see.

HE had this plan. Who would have ever thought that after many years of being friends in elementary school, Morgan moving and me going to Jr. High that our paths would cross again 150 miles from home. HE did! And its just the story that I love.

We talked about it tonight at mass, and ever since I have been smiling about what HE did. There is no way to explain why Morgan would give up a scholarship to Wayne to come to GV and that I would be her Transistions Leader.

Only HE knows what is ahead for in our lives, but to have you by my side is the best feeling ever!

 Morgan, who knows what life will bring us but KCON and COE lay in our futures. Living downtown and studying hard. We joke that I have become you...and emotional mess, but really I think I can take the cake on some of the things that went down lately. Remember APs, Salt and Vinegar chips fix everything--especially when your best friend gives them to you. But really, when HE placed our paths to over lap in college who knew that we would be the same friends or even better friends that we were in elementary school. The best part of you and me is that we have an awesome history to go with our future as friends. (Our story has to be one of the best, because its so unique!) Who else can say that they meet their best friend twice in life?!? lol Love you lots!