Returning from a Brief Hiatus

So it's been awhile since I last wrote, but today felt as good a time as any to return to the blogosphere. To recap, I have finished my first full year of Seminary and got a job at Cherry Hills Country Club as a Pantry Chef (I make salads and plate desserts; a nice gig). Lindsay and I are growing closer as our relationship continues to move forward and to mature (although we have a lot to learn. I still think we are on the right track).

I have recently come to a few milestones that have shaken me up a bit to think about them. May 8th marked one year since I graduated college. It was a tough pill to swallow that I am one year removed from college. I won't say my college years were the best years of my life, but they sure were fun and I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss it. The other realization I came to was that on May 20th, I had been out of high school for 5 years. That was just so strange. To imagine how much I have grown in one year is mind boggling and to compare myself with the high school version of me there are some striking differences. I'm essentially the same person, but I have just been shaped by life and personal experience and am less of the overly optimistic person I was in high school. I believe much of the change has been happening over the last year. Its crazy to think about how much has happened in the course of a year. Not only that but I have been a resident of the Denver Metro Area now for over a year. This too is pretty strange. C'est la vie. Life keeps on moving regardless of how hard we try to stay in the same spot. And change is good, but it takes some getting used to. I must admit, growing up is easily the hardest thing I'm learning to do. Part of me never wants to grow up, but at the same time there are so many things I want to accomplish that I have had to come to terms with the fact that I must growing up in order to be successful (and at times, even to survive.)

But undoubtedly I am blessed. Blessed to be growing, to know that life still exists inside of me. Now I have just come to the age in my life where I must come to terms with my being. And to discover what it is that I am being molded and shaped for. I am definitely growing as a person and finding pieces to the puzzle of my being but I must keep on working at it. So until I'll keep you in the loop. When I figure out the meaning for my being, I'll let you know. Until next time.