(some of) my last thoughts of underage.

sick.
studying for a test.
baking cookies i don't get to eat (mostly).
listening to Kara talk to her Dad.
thinking of someone i haven't thought of in a reallyyyyy long time.
remembering my last birthday.
feeling a certain sadness about time passing.
wondering how much a few hours will actually change.

but in addition to all of this...
recognizing that i'm growing up. 
realizing that time dances a quick-step that we cannot stop. 
praying with every ounce of strength that i become better in this year than i was in the last.
trusting God with my whole heart.

believing, with more confidence than ever, that I am who I am for a reason, that I am where I am for a reason, and that my life will happen as it will happen for a reason. 

Give it to God.  And don't take it back.