This is not how I saw myself ending my undergraduate time at UA. All semester I thought about the enormous sigh of relief and massive fist pump I would give after finishing my Southern Politics final and being completely done. But I will never get that satisfaction. There is also the strong possibility I may never get to experience walking across a stage, shaking hands with Dr. Witt, and having my name called out as a college graduate at Alabama. That however is nothing compared to what actually matters right now. It is hard to watch and comprehend what has happened to what I have called my home for the past 4 years. Areas which I have frequented on numerous occasions, gone. People I have known, homeless. My heart just breaks for the city. I don't even know how to move on right now. I'm just taking it literally one day at a time and sometimes a few hours at a time. But that doesn't even begin to tell the story...
While this is going on in Tuscaloosa, all of north Alabama was seemingly getting slammed. Sand Mountain and the area around my home were hit hard. I have read the power company which services my house has 100% of its customers without power. I can't go home for at least a week. People I know there are in need. I am just thankful to be safe and with a place to stay here in Tuscaloosa. It seems as if my world has been completely turned upside down. And in a way it has. I trust the Lord and what He is doing. It is just hard to comprehend what I see and what has happened. But I know He will always be there to hold my hand and help me hold others.
