Change

Change has always been hard for me. The day my parents dropped me off freshman year was a pretty rough day. I was all alone for the first time, in a new place with no one there to talk to. The first day I just kind of stayed in my room and didn’t do much. But the second day I forced myself to go out and explore campus. I felt a little weird walking around campus and seeing people running around with friends, it made me feel more alone. But over time I got used to being on my own and I became pretty good friends with my roommates and our dorm neighbors. I also made friends though clubs and classes as well. Adjusting to college life was very difficult. Being away from family was hard at first but over time I made my own Purdue family. Through the four years I have been here I have grown so close to these people and as I enter my last semester of classes I realize that I am going to have to leave them and be on my own again. Once again, I am faced with change that I do not want to come. I do not want to move away from my home away from home and my new family. But I know that this is something that I have to do and something I am a little scared of. I don’t know what this change will entail for me, but I do know that I am excited and nervous for it. Change will always come in our lives, and like it or not we have to accept the change that comes.