Over the summer, I was on my way home from taking Em back to her apartment and I heard this song by Mercy Me. I have heard it many times before, but this time, it inspired me to write this post, which I started writing on July 4th, 2007 and everything will be written as if it were written on this day, unless otherwise noted.
Now if you have heard this song, or heard of it, then you know what it is about and probably have and idea what I’m going to be posting about, and you are probably wrong.
This post is not going to be about God, or anything particularly religious, but rather about imagining what it will be like… or rather, what I thought it would be like now. So, here it goes…
It hit me today at so much has changed in the past 2 years, 5 years, even 10 years… Not just in the world, but in my life…1997 - 10 years ago today.
I would have been in Naples, FL, getting ready to go to the beach near the pier and see a fireworks show that was put on by the city, choreographed to music played by a local radio station. It would have been the summer between 5th and 6th grade year and, if I remember correctly, in a few months my oldest brother and his wife will announce that they would be having their first child.At this point in my life, I thought that I would always be living in Naples. I would go to Naples High School, which was “the best high school ever”. I would get my driver’s license and drive a corvette, the “best car ever”, etc etc… little did I know…
2002 - 5 years ago today.
I would have turned 16 less than a month ago. I was able to drive!! I got my Mom’s old corvette and was so excited! We now lived in Ft. Myers, FL and I was finally adjusting to the new area and new people. We had lived here for about a year now, after moving between my Freshman and Sophomore year of High School. It would be a lie to say that I was happy about it, or happy in general, or even that it was an easy move for me. I had no idea what was in store for me and my life. To say that I was sad would’ve been an understatement, but I did a good job of hiding it. Now that I was adjusting, I had started making friends and letting people in. Things were looking up again!At this point I was looking into colleges and where I wanted to go. My top choices were UF, UCF, and Clemson, but I mostly wanted to go to Clemson, though I had no real idea why at the time, I was just being drawn there.
2005 - 2 years ago today.
Just finished my first year of college and it was great! After high school I hadn’t been very interested in band, but after the first week of school I was getting bored and missed it, so I requested to join Tiger Band and was able to. This helped me adjust to college since I knew no one there, and I quickly mad friends through band, and made some great friends on the hall who I was going to be rooming with the following year. Life was good!
2006 - 1 year ago today.
I had just finished my Sophomore year of college. Things were still good, but I had severely injured my knee at the Military Appreciation Day Halftime show, though I didn’t fall out. The school year had been ok. Didn’t do as well as I had wanted to, but the year was still good!
August 27th, 2007 - I am finishing up this post, finally.
This year I almost didn’t do band for multiple reason, the main one being that my doctor said that I shouldn’t because of my knee, but I couldn’t abandon my friends like that, let alone forget my commitment that I had made to Tiger Band and it’s instructors. So I decided to stay but in a more “passive” capacity. This was a great decision as I am already having a great year and have made some awesome friends!!
Trevor and I are rooming together and we have a few classes together, so it should be a good year, though I really have to focus on getting good grades, which shouldn’t be too hard. I just need to control myself and focus on studying and work. Em and I are doing great! We’ve almost been dating for a year and still going strong!
I can’t wait to see what the next years bring!