SENIOR YEAR

In less than twelve hours, I will have begun the final year of my high school experience.

And I could not be more excited.

I can't wait for all the football games. All the dances. All the funny experiences and wonderful memories. I can't wait for the new friends I'll make, and all the old ones I'll get closer with. I can't wait to go door-to-door in December, sacrificing my worthless sleep for the people that need my aid so much. I can't wait for the assemblies. I can't wait for the basketball games, defending our championship and getting so pumped in the process. And the best part? There are so many exciting things that I have not even thought about yet. Things that I don't even know are going to happen. In a way, all this excitement kind of freaks me out.

But what really freaks me out? I never thought that my path would go this way.

If you had asked me five years ago, I never could have guessed that I would be where I am now at this moment. I never thought I would attend Bingham High School, and I definitely did not expect to be the president of my senior class. There are so many pieces to this puzzle that I didn't expect to be handed.

But I'm so grateful.

I don't know exactly how to say it in words, but I know in my head that there is absolutely NO WAY that I deserve to be where I am. I am so blessed in every single aspect of my life, and I know that I didn't do anything to trigger those lucky fortunes.

I owe so much to all of the wonderful people that have taken me to the place that I am right now. And so I can't say anything besides one simple phrase, which I've been saying a lot lately:

THANK YOU.

 To all the people that always believed in me:
Thank you.

To all the people that have been kind to me:
Thank you.

To the people that I call friends:
Thank you.

To the people that mentored me, taught me, guided me, raised me:
Thank you.

TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON MY LIFE:

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.


I've been thinking a lot lately about all the wonderful people that I have in my life. And I am so grateful for them and for the lasting impact they will have on my life. I hope that I can one day be one of those amazingly wonderful people in someone else's life. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Honestly, I've been pretty amped to be a senior for a while now. Since sophomore year, I've looked up to the seniors as the coolest people around. (Maybe they actually were, but maybe they weren't. Either way, my view of them was the same)

But now, it's my turn. I am the one on the front row of every game. I am the one that can show the sophomores and juniors what school spirit really is. I am the one that will be the example to the people that know me.

When I decided to switch schools and go to Bingham, my main motivation was these two ideas:
1. I will have the chance to change someone else's life for the better.
2. Someone else will have the chance to change my life for the better.

I don't know exactly how these things will come to pass. But I know that they will. And the thing I realized is that I don't need to know exactly all the little details of everything. Because I know that great things are coming, whether I know how they'll happen or not.

And so I'm so pumped for senior year. I'm so pumped for all the adventures that I'll be able to be a part of. And I'm so pumped as the class of 2017 finally has the chance to show the world what we're made of.

It's our time. This is it.


LET'S GO.




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