An Associates Degree

I just took my last final. If I wanted to, I could say I was done. I could declare that I never have to take another test again in the secular setting. Tomorrow, I will graduate BYU-Idaho with my Associates Degree. But I certainly don't feel done. I feel a pulling at my heart, that I feel will some day lead me back to this place. I've had friends and memories in this cold dank place that warms my soul and brightens my face. And I don't feel done. I know there is something coming. I know there are things for me to do. I know there are things for me to learn. There are people out there, that need me in their life... and if I stopped growing and developing right now--as a person and as a citizen, and as a Daughter of God--I would not be ready to meet the needs of those individuals.

So tomorrow, I will get my Associates. But I will not be done. My education will not be over--nor I hope, will it ever be.

Tomorrow I will leave this city of Rexburg, hopefully to face new challenges in the coming months. But I hope to come back to this city of love and learning.

Tomorrow I will say good bye to good friends. But I hope to see many of them again.

Tomorrow I will pack up my things and see an empty home. But I will take my things, and make a new home.

Tomorrow I will leave the Lord's University. But I will not leave the Lord.

Tomorrow I will be one step closer to being who I want to be. But I won't have reached my potential yet.

Tomorrow I will get my Associates. But I certainly will not be done.