Light and Excellence

Thanks to Facebook memories today I was able to reflect on my first band camp 6 years ago. Wow what a ride colorguard was. I guess why I start off by talking about my marching band experience is because it is really the only thing I kept up with throughout my high school career. I learned a lot, I got a lot of bruises, swollen bumps, and even a black eye! Crazy to think that people think it's easier to do marching band than football sometimes.  Anyways, as much as I loved competing and being a part of something breathtakingly beautiful... I was bullied in colorguard. Not by the students, but by my first colorguard director. I don't really remember what I did to deserve the disrespect of said director. Maybe I was being rude, sassy, selfish? I was a pretty annoying teenager. Going into my second year with the marching band, there were leadership opportunities for those people who marched at least one season the previous year. My best friend at the time was going to try out for

Tuesday July 16th... you were memorable! I remember this morning waking up and thinking it was going to be a good day like any other, but it was better than expected. I looked at my journal entries back from over a year and a half ago and darn has my life already changed so much? From friends and acquaintances getting married, going on missions, and having children it’s incredible to see how powerful this next generation of people will be. I am determined that they will change the world. Not only my outlook on this whole world brought me such a grateful heart today. I was taking  my dog for a walk this morning and as I got back Isaac was waiting for me in my house. He came up to me and gave me a great big hug and said  Kenzie, they finally came, my mission papers came! I was in shock. Even though we had been waiting for this moment for over 2 years I was not prepared for my reaction to his great news. I even looked at him tonight and said please pinch me, this was all a dream right?