Tonight I got to see some of my best friends walk across that stage in cap and gown to receive their diploma and graduate. It is crazy to think about how weird it is going to seem to walk back into class in September and they won't be there. Wether they are someone that I have known my entire life, just the past three years, or that I met this year, each and everyone of my senior friends have changed my life for good. It amazing me how close I have gotten with these wonderful people and I feel absolutely honored to be able to call them my friends. Thanks to some of these seniors, I was able to do things this year that I could have only dreamed of when I began high school. I learned how to work up the courage to get up on stage to preform in both singing and acting. I was given the chance to act in a friends short film. And I was shown what it looks like to truly be a light shining for Jesus. But there is one person in particular that I am especially grateful to be able to call my best friend.
When I came into high school my freshman year I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I was taking the bare minimum classes and the required elective I chose to do was drama because my friend wanted me to do it with her. She wanted to join the more advanced class, but didn't want to do it alone, and being the nice friend I am, I tried out with her knowing I would most likely only do a year of the class and then drop out. Little did I know that the drama department would become my home thanks to one person. The friend that I joined with quickly found new people to hang out with in class so I was alone for a while until one sophomore in the class took me under her wing. This girl was so kind to me and made me feel like I belonged. Her love for the class rubbed off on me so I decided to stick with it and go through another year and I believe that was the best decision I have ever made during my high school career. Every second I have spent with this girl I will cherish forever. I don't think she knows just how much she means to me. Me and her have gone through so much together just over the past three years and I honestly don't know what I would do without her. She taught me how to get up in front of an audience and act without fear. She taught me that it is okay to be myself and say what I want without fear of judgement of others. Before I met her I was so quiet, I just listened to the people around me, never really speaking, and just stood there. Being around someone as sociable as her helped me learn how to participate in a conversation without worrying about people talking over me. She set an example of a strong woman walking with christ. She has been there to make me laugh when it feels impossible to be happy. She's been there when I feel like my whole world is falling apart and all I want to do it curl up in a ball and cry. I don't know what I'm going to do without her now that she is leaving. Drama just won't be the same. But I know that the friendship we have formed is lasting and we will stay friends for years to come. I thank God everyday for bringing her into my life. I know that you are going to do great things in the future and I am so excited to see what God has in store for you.
Just as I am writing all of this, reality is setting in that you are now a college student. Im sure if you read this you will know exactly who you are. Words cannot truly express how lucky I feel to have known you and just how much you have changed my life. I couldn't ask for a better friend. I love you so much.
I am so extremely proud of you. And with that I have successfully gone through a full tissue box of tears so I can't write anymore.
Love Always,
Your little freshman (who is now officially a senior)
Julia Carrington
When I came into high school my freshman year I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I was taking the bare minimum classes and the required elective I chose to do was drama because my friend wanted me to do it with her. She wanted to join the more advanced class, but didn't want to do it alone, and being the nice friend I am, I tried out with her knowing I would most likely only do a year of the class and then drop out. Little did I know that the drama department would become my home thanks to one person. The friend that I joined with quickly found new people to hang out with in class so I was alone for a while until one sophomore in the class took me under her wing. This girl was so kind to me and made me feel like I belonged. Her love for the class rubbed off on me so I decided to stick with it and go through another year and I believe that was the best decision I have ever made during my high school career. Every second I have spent with this girl I will cherish forever. I don't think she knows just how much she means to me. Me and her have gone through so much together just over the past three years and I honestly don't know what I would do without her. She taught me how to get up in front of an audience and act without fear. She taught me that it is okay to be myself and say what I want without fear of judgement of others. Before I met her I was so quiet, I just listened to the people around me, never really speaking, and just stood there. Being around someone as sociable as her helped me learn how to participate in a conversation without worrying about people talking over me. She set an example of a strong woman walking with christ. She has been there to make me laugh when it feels impossible to be happy. She's been there when I feel like my whole world is falling apart and all I want to do it curl up in a ball and cry. I don't know what I'm going to do without her now that she is leaving. Drama just won't be the same. But I know that the friendship we have formed is lasting and we will stay friends for years to come. I thank God everyday for bringing her into my life. I know that you are going to do great things in the future and I am so excited to see what God has in store for you.
Just as I am writing all of this, reality is setting in that you are now a college student. Im sure if you read this you will know exactly who you are. Words cannot truly express how lucky I feel to have known you and just how much you have changed my life. I couldn't ask for a better friend. I love you so much.
I am so extremely proud of you. And with that I have successfully gone through a full tissue box of tears so I can't write anymore.
Love Always,
Your little freshman (who is now officially a senior)
Julia Carrington
