I'm All Grown Up :DD

*insert emotional and insightful post about how i have grown as a person here* No, but seriously I guess I have grown a little bit as time as passed here at college. It was a hell of an intro to the beginning of my own life. But I've met some amazing people, made good memories and ready for whatever college has for me. Yes, that even includes finals.

I've made some amazing friends. Without them I don't know what I would have done. I mean, i've been  more social this semester than I have for a good portion of my life. But I guess that is what college does to people. I'm happy. I can honestly say I am happy. It's been a while since I have been able to say it and it feels good. I have some amazing people who are standing with me and I have their back. 

I would say i've learned a lot here in college. I'm still that strange adorable friend that I have always been but I have grown more as a person. I've seen more of the world and it's changed me. I welcome this change. I had always been a bit of a loner and did my own thing. It was just my thing. However, college has shown me that that the world is so much larger and there are far more people out there like me. I've opened up a bit more and I have all the wonderful people at ISU to thank for hat.

What The Hixson Award Means To Me

The Hixson Award means a lot to me. It was essentially  because of this scholarship that I was able to even come to Iowa State University. I come from a lower middle class family. We were able to sustain ourselves and what few pets we had, but when the prospect of college reared its ugly head everyone was scared. Especially when the talk of Iowa State University came around. My step father had just come began recovering from a really nasty accident at work that left him in a hospital bed for several months, and with bills piling and up and him being out of work I was scared. Scared for my family and scared for myself. 

When we found out about this scholarship we were ecstatic about what i could mean for me. A lot was hanging on me getting scholarships, this one specifically. When we opened the ail that faithful day and I opened that yellow letter. I was so happy. It was that day my goals were set in stone. I have loved my experience here at Iowa State University. The people I have met, the new experiences I have had here have started shaping me to be the type of person I want to be. Which is as much of what I was hoping to get out of college as a degree. That is what the Hixson Award means to me. A chance to let myself find what I want to do with my life. Who I wand to be and how I want to live.