Dear Fall 2017,

My hope is that it is a semester filled with new beginnings and so much joy.

I desire to find the love I used to have for my program that has been very lacking this year after being mentally drained.

I pray I find my GPA that suddenly started disappearing last fall.

I anticipate that I am an amazing RA and my residents come to me as a mentor in their life.

I pray that I bathe every problem in prayer and turn to the body of Christ.

I dream of actually going to sleep before 2 am every night.

I dream of having more hours in the day to be intentional with everyone.

I pray I am challenged daily to grow deeper in my faith in a way that I inspire others' to do the same.

I hope that #lalebforthewin actually becomes a thing that thrives and I can vicariously live through their happiness.

I hope the hearts that I have broken find more happiness then I could have ever offered them.

I hope my friendships continue to grow and I have the strength to be real when they need it.

I hope I can spend some weekends traveling because I will never get this freedom back, so I want to make the most of it next year.

I hope I spend less time on social media living through lives of others' and just enjoying mine.

I desire to spend more time laughing my butt off then worrying and crying about meaningless things.

Please help me go into final with motivation and not have lost it weeks ago like semesters before.

I aim to tell the ones I love the most how much they mean to me on the daily. I don't ever want someone to not feel loved when they are around me.

I plan to not settle with grades.boys.friendships. and most importantly my relationship with Christ. I want the best for myself next fall and I intend to have that.

I know in reality their are going to be low points so I pray for less stress like a lot less stress and to let things go when they are not worth fretting over. So that means I need to learn to rewire my brain, so fall 2017 if this is possible it would be like new semester new me.

Overall, I want the best for everyone this fall. I want my face to hurt from smiling because God just continues to bless everyone. So I have some high expectations I hope you do not disappoint.

Best of luck,

Hope