I don't know what I am going to do! There is so much in my life that has gone wrong. Of course, there are the moments when good things happen, but why do the bad moments always seem to outweigh the good ones?
At this point in my life, I'm ready to start living!!!! I mean, REALLY living! And I can't, because I still want to go to school. I have found something that I'm good at. I've found something that I love. I just want to continue doing this... but not until I'm 28! I just want to go to school... doing what I love. I want to meet someone. I want to fall in love. I want to get married! I want to have a family and a career. I want to have a house of my own. I want to be able to do all this without having to A. Be in a million dollars in debt or B. Before I'm 30! At this point, I cannot do either.
I cannot pay for school. It just costs too much money. How ridiculous is our private school system? I have to pay $30,000 a year for my schooling. Who in all of middle class America can afford that? No one! Not without taking out a crapton of loans. I personally believe that large amounts of debt are ungodly. I believe that God's plans for us do not include $100,000 worth of debt at the age of 25. How can you provide for your family when you (and probably your spouse as well) have that much debt hanging over yours heads?
I know this seems silly... since half of my schooling is getting paid for by scholarships and grants... however, that leaves me $14,000 to pay for on my own. So I took out a small student loan... about $2,000 a semester... $4,000 a year. That leaves me with $10,000 out of my own pocket. It will not happen.
My parents will not help me. And by my parents, I mean my mom. She makes these promises that I'm stupid enough to believe, and then of course, she doesn't follow through with what she says. I can't take it anymore. There is just too much stress in my life. I can't handle dealing with my mom and my school and my four jobs and church and friends!!!!!!!! It's just too much! I can't take it anymore!
Sometimes things happen when you weren't planning for them too. Actually, most of life is like that.
I never thought someone could give me butterflies like this. I wasn't planning on falling for him. But here I am. At the beginning of a real relationship. It's not necessarily what I would have picked for myself... Not necessarily the guy I would have picked for myself... Not necessarily the situation I would have picked... It's almost awkward... In a weird kind of way... I've said for a long time that age is just a number... and now, more than ever, I believe that. Coop is only 18... but I really don't care. I really feel at peace about this. I really searched my heart and so far, I feel ok with everything. I'm just trying to listen to God's voice in all of this craziness. But for now... I'm at peace.
Thursday, 04 September 2008
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People have asked me if I could go back and change anything in my life, would I do it? I can honestly answer them and say no. There are certainly things that I wish had or hadn't happened.... things I wish would have been different... but these events: the good and the bad alike, are all things that have shaped me and made me who I am today. I have had some very serious, very horrible experiences in my life. Things that no one else knows about... There are things that I don't tell anyone. There is no way anyone can help me with some of the things I have been through... It's not that I need help through it... I am through it. But those thoughts, those memories are still there. God has used these to make me who I am... and I am Bethany in Christ. Nothing more, nothing less...
Is the pain completely gone Or simply dulled with time? Have I lost my ability to feel Or is there nothing there at all? Am I capable of emotion Within this broken heart? Can I ever really love again After what my eyes have seen? This vessel just feels battered; No longer full of use. It's something to be cast aside Until someone finds it's value.
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