"Well I, I just wanna see the light. And I, I don't wanna lose my sight..."

Today in my POST (Peer Outreach Support Team) we did an exercise for self-awareness and illustration of maturation throughout college. At the end of my timeline, I ended with being denied from grad school. But then I announced that I have to end on a positive because that's just who I am. So I finished with "I still have hope."

Then at our break, Stacey came up to me and showed me a little medallion thing of hers. It's an angel and on the back it says "Never lose hope." She said she carries it with her. I briefly talked with her about it and how cool I thought it was. Then she said "How about you hold on to it for a bit? Then you can just give it back to me when you don't need it anymore. And if I never get it back, I know you needed it."

I think it is one of the sweetest things anyone has done for me. It helped so much. Thank you, Stacey Sparks.