During the year 2010, I completed two more semesters of undergraduate study, grieved the loss of a dear friend, celebrated my last year as a teenager, worked full-time in Minnesota during the summer, held to a three-bullet point philosophy: shut up, be humble and grow up, became a boyfriend and grew in innumerable ways spiritually, socially and academically.
As another year is set to begin, the greatest joy is that one more day has been granted, not to regret the past, but to celebrate the present with the hope of the future.