Making Memories in a New Place

Living in Arizona in the same tiny town on the same street in the same perfect house my whole life, I never thought I would ever consider anywhere else my home. But in the last 10 month I have come to find that I now consider my cozy little dorm room on the third floor of Hinckley Hall my home. Of course Holbrook will always be my home home, but so many memories have been made in my time here at BYU that I don't even know where to begin.

It was rough start. I had a place in my home town. I had friends that have known me forever. I knew everyone I went to school with. I was the nice mormon who could be seen in all the school and town performances and dressed with a unique style. Here? Here I go to school with 33,000 people, am one of many, many, mannnny “nice mormon girls”, all of which can either sing, dance, act, or play some sort of musical instrument exceptionally, and I have probably seen of total of 5 girls not dressed in trendy clothes with perfect hair and full make up, regardless of how early in the morning it is.

When I got here in June I didn't get along with my roommate, I didn't have a single person I considered my friend, and I had a case of home sicknesses I didn't think was curable. Long story short, it took some self discovery, lots of phone calls home, and long nights of prayer. Now here I am, thinking back on my year, a new girl in a new place, with new friends, new ideas about the world, new and improved talents, and new plans. I have memories and more memories and I want to share them all. But for tonight i'll start with a messy memory.

It was combined Family Home Evening night, we were going to have a paint war in the dorm court yard. In the “family group” that my family combined with was a fun, spunky girl named Lauren. Lauren was in my Hall but I had only met her once before in the freshman cafeteria on the 4^th of July. When I sat with her that day she was dressed in full on red white and blue, with a big red bow in her hair and she the first thing she noticed about me was how many sparkles I had all over me. She went on for a couple minuets about how she really needed more sparkles. She had a crazy personality similar to the personality I had when I was back home with my regular friends. The personality that I felt escaped me since I left home and became weirdly shy.

I was excited too see she was there at the paint war, even thought it wasn't exactly a social event. Everyone just sorta closed their eyes, squeezed the paint bottles in their hands, and flung their arms around. But afterward Lauren and I talked a little more and took pictures of how cool we looked covered in paint. That turned out to be something we both enjoy. . . doing weird/ fun/ crazy things and getting great documentation of it. Since then, Lauren has become one of my best friends at BYU. We have had countless adventures together and I think we will stay friends for a very long time.

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Lauren is one of many examples that has showed me that God does look out for us. I wanted friends right away and I wanted to fit it. I felt I was the only person in my whole dorm building who didn't have a distinguished group of friends. But after finding Lauren and a few other girls in my hall, I found they all the same way. College can be scary. Really, starting anything new is scary. However, if we put our trust in our Savior, Jesus Christ, he will make known his love for us. He wanted me to have friends and make the best of my college experience, but first He needed me to learn patience, to come closer to him, and build my relationship with Him. Because of my faith and trust in the lord I was blessed. Not only blessed to find my friend Lauren but to find my self.

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 So from me to you: Life is short so don't be shy. And if you are shy, find a friend in Christ, he's the only friend you need, and when you learn that, you'll find you have more friends than you realized. Reach out and be a friend too. Its very possible there is someone around you who really needs one. And make a memory today.  

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