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As i reflect on the year of 2014 two things come to mind: transitions and reality check. This year was a time of the unexpected. So let me take you through the main events and what i learned.

Graduated College
The time had finally come where i graduated from the most amazing university: Azusa Pacific University. This place easily became my new home and the time had come where i had to say goodbye. Especially goodbye to a life i have known for the past 16 years...school. This was the first transition of this year. It had been like every other summer where i move back home but then in august i would move back in with the most amazing girls...nope. When would i move out again? When am i going to see my best friends again? What job am i going to get? These were all the questions i had to deal with in this first transition. The period I would like to say The Unknown
Summer
Oh summer is usually a glorious time of reading books, tanning, and endless days. Well this summer was a little different. Here i was applying to a hundred jobs and going on job interviews trying to figure out what i wanted to do. Then i got a job!...but it turned out to not be the perfect fit and the period of The Unknown continued. The one enormous blessing that came out of this is well i got plenty of experience with the interview process and got to see how people view me as a person with a disability...Reality Check: not everyone believes in your abilities when you have a disability. also, i realized that i needed to switch my credential from moderate/severe to mild/moderate and boy am i so grateful for that realization because lets be real and matter of fact i realized i could not physically handle being with moderate/severe children and it would not have worked out.
Credential Program
Do you ever have moments where you are sitting in a class and think why am i learning this? I have definitely had those moments but being in these credential classes boy have i realized i am in the right field. i love the homework i get assigned and the lectures i receive. Yes, this is a whole different ball game by being in grad school but i sure do love it. This is a transition for the good and the better.
What Now?
This year has taught me to trust God more than anything because looking back at this year i sure did not expect anything that happened. I realized just how blessed i am by the experiences of this year. Yes there were dry spots, frustrations, many tears, and many moments of joy. I got to go on another mission trip to Puerto Rico, i got to encourage and be supported by my fellow friends and family, and i got to learn more about myself and the person i want to be. 
2015
This is going to be my big girl year. I will start student teaching (which i am very nervous/excited about). Hopefully, I will become a teacher officially this next year. But one thing i learned from this year is prepare to trust God for He has a plan that is much bigger than mine!







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