"We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance." Harrison Ford

The Thanksgiving holiday is coming to a close. I had a wonderful time with family and friends this season. I talked about my experiences I've had here at Eastern thus far with them. Everyone of them could not have been prouder of me for taking such a big step such as this and were so supportive of my decision. Their support has just reassured me that I have made a huge change to better myself and my future. It was a scary thing for me when I first decided to take the plunge and go back to school full time but I am so glad I did. I am learning so much already and it is only the end of the first semester. I realize I will finally be a graduate before I know it and cannot wait to start a new career.

"Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it." Harry Emerson Fosdick

Since attending college here at Eastern, I have become more spiritual a person. I grew up in a Catholic home, attended Catholic high school for 12 years, but somehow got away from religion as I got older. I have always believed in God, that will never change. I just got away from the church once I got on my own. I see the good in all these kids that I am attending school with and how passionate they are about God and their Christianity and to me it is quite amazing. I have talks with my family about how I see these kids today and how I admire them and look up to them because of it. I find myself praying more now and even attended mass with my parents last week. They couldn't have been happier. I admire Nathan's blog so much because like mine, its about change but about a different change. As much as I have come to embrace the change that has happened to me in my life and has gotten me on a better path, there is still room for improvement in being a good Christian. I hope to learn to embrace this change as well too. Thanks for your inspiring words Nathan!

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing." R. D. Laing

My titles within this blog will always have to do with change. I believe a good or catchy title is going to grab your readers attention. I found a perfect quote for my title this week because I want to talk about a great experience I had in my Western Civilization class last week. We talked about the changes that came about in West and East Germany. I never liked history in high school. I find it very interesting now. Maybe it was because my teachers back then never interested me. Or maybe I am old enough now to appreciate what has taken place in history, and how we as American's have come about because of history. We learned about the Berlin wall, when it went up in 1961, something I thought went up much earlier in time then that. It went down in 1989, I was 14 then and I remember watching it on TV and was in awe about it. Time really does seem to fly by. It didn't seem that long ago when it was knocked down. The kids in my class were not even born yet when that happened. It was a class I will not forget. I remember stories my mom used to tell me about things in history such as John F. Kennedy being assassinated and how it affected her with being a huge supporter to him at the time. To me hearing those stories when I was younger didn't affect me at all, well because if I didn't live through it I could not relate. I have a much more deeper respect now for history and those who lived through huge historic events. I have lived through many myself and hope one day when I have a family that the stories I pass down will be appreciated. It took me a while to learn this. As we get older we learn more things not only about the world, but about ourselves.