Being cooped up in a small town for three weeks leaves a city-girl-at-heart plenty of time to consider the world around her. That small town is sayre, and that city girl is me.
Coming from a town like Sayre, I haven’t always had to give 100% to excel at what I do- sports are NOT included in this generalization, as I often let it be known that athletics or coordination in general are no strong points of mine. Even still, it is not difficult to be the best at something when you are only competing against thirty or forty other people. Graduating from Sayre with anything less than a 4.0 was not even within the realm of options. Valedictorian was a given. Imagine my shock when I realized I would have to work to graduate college with honors as planned!
Three semesters into my education at Hogwarts, er, UCO, I have come to a few conclusions.
1. Magic is real. Muggles will never understand, but this is not the 16th century. There is no need to burn people with magical blood at the stake.
2. It may not be the 16th century, but existing in Small Town, USA is somewhat like traveling back in time. I say we all get a magic wand and do the Time Warp again.
3. It is easy to look responsible when graduating high school without progeny is considered a success. In the grown up world, there comes a time when actual responsibility is no longer an option- a time when the decisions I make affect, not only me, but all of the people involved in my life.
So now I can either continue to live life hoping that good things happen to fall in my favor, or I can use this wisdom to do everything in my power to ensure that life is good for not only me, but also the people I love the most. From this point forward, I choose to stop being the supporting actress in my own life. Every day I will make a point to learn something new and unexpected about someone new and unexpected. Every day I will make the decision to love and be loved. Every day I will be happy.
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