in one week i will be 23 years old. typing that sentence still doesn’t even make it seem real. i still picture myself has a lanky and awkward 14 year old walking through the halls of my high school thinking graduation will never be soon enough. though 2 out of the 3 statements i previously made are true, (being lanky and awkward) i am no longer making my ways through high school as a shy and scared little girl. 10 years ago (holy cow) i thought at the age of 23 i would have graduated from michigan state and i’d be making my way to graduate school so i could become a veterinarian. my love for animals still stands and i have just recently graduated from college, but i am no where near the place i thought i would be right now. take this pictures above for example. this is me at 13years old. this was the original “selfie”. it was taken on a disposable camera with no timer or digital setting. my sister had to take the picture for me. that is also one large computer! laptops weren’t something every one had, wireless internet was starting to become a “thing” and myspace was the only diary and social network i needed. my iPod was my LIFE, my parents drove me everywhere i needed to go, i applied my makeup with paint brushes (true story), and friday nights were spent at a friends house watching movies and eating ice cream. it’s crazy how much changes from year to year, but even crazier to look back on the last 10 years of my life and compare where i thought i would be to where i am now. here i am, typing this up and sitting in the same bedroom as i would have been when i was 13 years old. it almost seems surreal. i’ve come so very far and i may not be where i thought i would, not even close, but i am so very happy with where life has taken me. in the last 10 years i’ve: graduated from high school, got accepted into college, transferred to a completely new college three hours away from my hometown, changed my major twice, had 6 different jobs, dyed my hair 3 different colors, deleted my Facebook twice, been to 5 different countries (canada doesn’t count, i basically live there), covered…

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