Music

I just added my favorite Christmas songs! But just wanted to say that the version I love of Grown-Up Christmas List is by Amy Grant, however I could not find it anywhere to be able to add it. So I chose the version that was done closest to hers by Kelly Clarkson.

This Thanksgiving I am thankful for...

FRIENDS!!!

I am writing to tell you about a season of change that has started in my life. Some of you may already know all of what I am about to say, some may have suspected it, and for some this might come as a complete surprise. Three years ago I made one of the biggest decisions of my life: where I wanted to go to college. I took the process very seriously and I had a list of things that I wanted in a school, a list of things that I wanted for my life, and I found those things in Cornerstone. So, when I got my acceptance letter just before Thanksgiving, I was set, and had made up my mind that I was going to Cornerstone. In my eyes, Cornerstone was perfect for me, because it was going to give me more leadership training, a place where I could speak freely about my faith, Christians around to support me in my walk with God, it wasn’t too far away from home, and other smaller things such as the type of dorm set up I was looking for. However, as time has gone on those things on my list have changed, and Cornerstone is no longer a good fit for me. I have felt this way for the last semester or so, but was not actively trying to find a different school, because ultimately I need to follow where I feel God is leading me to go, and although I was ready to leave, I felt as though He wasn’t ready and that He still had some things to teach me about myself here at Cornerstone. So, I have stayed, however it has now come the time that I feel God is calling me to go. So now comes the real point of this note, I will be transferring to Benedictine University, a school closer to home this next semester. I came to the realization God was calling me there over this past summer, but I did not have the time to transfer everything for this semester thus the reason I am transferring in the middle of the year. I am really excited for this new adventure in my life; however I am very nervous at the same time. I think I will really enjoy being closer to home. The drive is only an hour as opposed to the three and a half hours it takes me to get here. As some of you know I was very sick all last year and I was really wishing I could have been closer to my family during that time and now I will have that opportunity. A lot of you also know I don’t do well with change, so this will be a difficult time for me and I ask that you will please pray for me in this transition period in my life.

I also want to thank you for the part that you have held in my time here at Cornerstone. Each one of you has had a role in making my time here a positive experience. I am leaving this campus thankful for everything that I have learned about God, myself, others, and life in general. And I am forever grateful to each one of you for playing a role in my time here at Cornerstone, a part of my life that I will never forget! Some of you were my RA, DC, RD, a hall council member, OTH buddy, a listening ear, friend, and a few of you don’t even go here, but you still impacted me in some way during the time I spent on this campus. I hope to come back and visit and be able to see y’all! Thanks again for everything!

Love Always,

Diana

We Three (My Echo, My Shadow & Me)

Well, this is going to be a new process for me! I have always kind of liked the idea of a blog and being able to get out what is on my mind, but have never brought myself to write one....until now. So I guess here goes nothing!

The purpose of finally deciding to write this is to help me in the transition of transferring schools. For those who don't know, I am going to be transferring from Cornerstone to Benedictine University (Lisle, IL) at the completetion of this semester. I thought this would be a good way, for those who want to, to keep up with me and see what I am up to at my new school. I am hoping that it will help me mentally be able to deal with the change as well. Because for those of you who know me well...you know that I do NOT do good with change, and this is a pretty big one! It will be a journey, and it is one I believe that God is leading me to, so I am jumping in head first, but not gonna lie....I am really scared!

Now I think the title of the blog deserves some explaination. Once I decided I was going to write this blog, I was stuggling to come up with a title. I mean what do you really call a blog that is supposed to be about the journey of your life, or for me, about transferring schools and dealing with change, without sounding too cliche? So, I turned to my all time favorite show hoping it would help! (Sidenote: I have three favorite shows [One Tree Hill, Grey's Anatomy, and Private Practice] and I was going to work my way down the list, but I found it in the first show I looked through.) I decided to start looking through the episode titles of OTH, looking for something that would do. And I found it in Season 2! For those you who love OTH the content of the episode had nothing to do with what I chose, only the name. I did look through the rest of the seasons to see if there was anything else that I liked. And there were some. I also liked "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone", but then I felt like I haven't really gotten to that point, I know I will get there, but I thought it might also make a good title for a post instead of for the entire blog. I also liked the title of this post "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow & Me)", but then I realized I only liked it because that is how I am feeling right now. I am currently stuck in my dark, boring room with only my echo, my shadow & me. The echo coming from the fact that I emptied most of my stuff out of my room yesterday, so there isn't much in here. And the final one I like was "I and Love and You", but then I decided that I liked that better as a closing for the posts as a reminder to all of you of how grateful I am that you are a part of my life! So, this brought me back to my original idea, and I just loved it! I think it fits, because breathing through the struggles I might feel I am enduring is important!

Ok, I just realized that I just gave a huge explaination for the title of this blog. Oh well! Now you know! I best be off now, I have much to do. I am pretty sure I will end up blogging later today, being that I really don't have anything to do today and everyone is in classes or busy! Also, I will post in here the note I wrote on facebook to all of my lovely friends whom I adore! Thanks for starting this journey with me, I appreciate it!

I and Love and You,

Diana