It's a Beautiful Life

Today was a beautiful day.
There is nothing that I enjoy more than driving down a country road with the music playing, my friends talking in the background, singing to songs that we associate with, sun and breeze coming in through the sunroof, and Georgia landscape flying by. Today was one of those days.
We were driving back from our Macon trip today; the usual happenings in the car. Everything was normal and pretty much taken for granted until a song came on my shuffle. You know those songs that bring a memory, a realization, or an emotion to the front of your mind? All of these things came in the form at this moment in time as Say, Say, Say by Sean McConnell.
Sean McConnell is an artist that comes to perform at Blackbird every once in awhile here in Milledgeville. Many of us go to enjoy his music and soul whenever he graces us with his presence. Those have been nights that we enjoyed the most during our Freshman year.
Anyways, at this moment in the car, we realized how much our lives have changed in just one year. Three hundred and sixty-five days. Casey and I began talking about exactly what is different right now than it was exactly a year ago.
A year ago we were not members of Gamma Sigma Sigma: a sorority that has given us the best friends (or should I say "sisters"), experiences, and sense of belonging that we could have ever asked for. A year ago, we would not have been driving along on this road with the girls that were in the car at that very moment. I didn't even know Nadia and Kaitlin at all, let alone be in a car spending the entire day with them. A year ago we had a completely different outlook on life. We didn't really know what we were doing here in college. But now, we love where we are in life and we have grown to become more mature and able to conquer this new life. Casey mentioned that she never thought she would love Milledgeville like she does now.
If so many things are so different in just one year, imagine what it will be like next year, or when we graduate. It's simply mind blowing. This realization in the car brought tears to my eyes. I couldn't imagine my life without these girls. They bring so much sunshine into my everyday life. Today has given me a thankfulness that I should have had for a long time.
I love you girls. Thank you for being you and letting me be me. I can't wait to see what the year has in store for us. No matter what happens, we will always have each other.