50 Days

50 days clean. Praise God! Yeah, I still struggle sometimes, but you know what I've come to realize: it's SO not worth it.

I officially have plans for fall break. My friends Erinn, Maura, Erinn's fiance Kevin, and I are going to Washington DC from October 28-November 1. I'm SO excited to spend 4 days with some of my incredible friends.

While there, I get to see my favorite priest in the entire world, the one and only Fr. Greg. I know I've talked about him on here a lot, but I'm completely serious when I say I wouldn't be alive if it weren't for him.  No one could ever understand how much he has done for me. He's been the truest example of Christ in my life. He's put up with me and all my crap for almost 3 years now. He showed me the unconditional love of Christ. In those 3 years, when almost everyone else quit on me, he didn't. He loved me when I needed it most. He stuck by me when I felt like everyone else had left. Seeing how he is in DC and when I met him, I was a freshman at my other college in Cincinnati, the way we happened to meet was incredible. I know it was in God's will for him to come into my life when he did. God wasn't going to lose me, even though I wanted to quit. Honestly, I wasn't expecting to live to see 19 when I met Fr. Greg. Here I am, 21 years old, a senior in college, and wanting to devote my life to mission work. That's a HUGE change from when he first met me.

I never would have imagined when I left on that bus from Cincinnati to DC, I would come back changed and with a friendship that I've cherished and will cherish the rest of my life.