Say won't you Say

That Old Feeling....

I went to Austin today to visit my good friend Jenn Knox who started freshman year here with me and we met through Cru and through living in the valley dorms together......and today she whipped her BEAUTIFUL Wedding Dress out of her closet to show me. She is getting married to her long time boyfriend, since high school, Michael , in March and I couldnt be happier for her. We talked about all of the wedding plans and the plans yet to be made. We talked about their pre-marital counseling stuff they've been doing....we talk about what life after the wedding could potentially look like for the two of them. Its all very exciting, but i have to confess it made me feel old.

My first friend from high school got married my sophmore year of college ( Rachel Mcgee), my second got married this summer( Crystal Hart)..and now my first close friend, my age, from college is getting married in march; it's all very strange, this whole getting older, growing up thing.

My friend Grace Wray, also my age and also been here with me through every bit of my college experience here all 4 years....she and I had a discussion about this very thing thursday night in my car. Since I'm a senior, but not graduating this may, it's sort of a weird place to be. I feel like I should feel like/ act like this season of my life is over. It was only supposed to be four years and then moving on...but it's far from over, so I can't possibly act like it's over. My roomate Bri, who was my roomate freshman year and the only person from high school who came here with me, is now my roomate again and is Graduating early in Dec. She has been job searching and interviewing and is moving out soon, and moving on and it's just weird for me! We started together so we should be finishing together and yet we arent, she is moving on to another season of life, and I .....will be right here for another year and a half.

Grace and I agreed that the Lord has us on this time frame for a reason....neither one of us are ready for that next season of life just yet, and we are both completely confident in the Lord's timing and that He is sovereign in this. Getting old just ain't easy....

posted by Amanda Michelle Morrison @ 11:30 AM