With 21 credits and a full time job being away from home is nothing new, but there is something interesting about how distance magnifies feelings of longing. The realization that I am gone for a week on the opposite side of the country hit me as the plane took off. They say it’s easy to give up what you want when there is something you want more. I’m chasing not only what I want, but what WE want.

Patience thy name is Lanette, I’ve existed as a trial to your unwavering faith. I am humbly grateful for your ability to see things in me that I haven’t always been able to see in myself.