2010: My Year
Jan 24th, 2011 by monicamoran
Dear 2010, I love you. What can I say? You were my year. You were the year where everything seemed to fall into place for me, the year where I’ve experienced one of my biggest accomplishments, and most of all, the year that opened a new chapter in an already heavy book that I call my life. We’ve had out ups and down but in the end, you helped me pull through and we ended our time together with a bang.
I still clearly remember when I first stepped foot into High School territory as a Freshmen and the main thought that jumped at me was how I still had a long way to go. 4 years was going to be hell of a long time. Oh boy was I wrong. Time flew and next thing you know, we’re honking away and screaming “its 2010!” Of all the years, however, 2010 felt like the longest. Maybe it was all the challenges I had to endure, all the opportunities I finally had the guts to take advantage, maybe all the late nights spent studying for the IB exams, stressing over university applications, or even the questions that go through all girls heads “what am I going to wear to prom? Who am I going to go with?!” Nevertheless, all these aspects – some I dreaded, some I looked forward to – were all worth it and have enabled me to look back, smile, pat myself on the back and say “wow!”
I miss High School and I always will. Yet, we should always remind ourselves to stop looking back and asking “what if…” but to look at what is in front of us and ask “what can be?” So on that note, it’s time for me to finally close the chapter I call 2010 (four numbers say it all) and open a new one that I now call university. As the saying goes, “[we shouldn’t] cry because its over [but] smile because it happened.”