By KAYLEA BROWN, Senior Reporter
Senior year brought a lot of changes. The past two semesters were a roller coaster.
I didn’t know where I was going, what I was doing or even who I really am. But thankfully, I met some pretty amazing people that helped me figure it out.
Serving others has always been a large part of who I am, and hopefully it always will be.
Taking every opportunity given to serve is something that remained constant in my senior year. Those opportunities, and being myself, is what helped me be awarded the title of a 2022 Outstanding Senior.
Truthfully, I took those opportunities without thinking about that award. I was thinking of where I wanted to go in life and what I wanted to be known for. Where I want to go in life is still questionable, but I know I’m taking a step toward my future by continuing my education at Northwestern as a graduate student.
What I want to be known for, however, stays the same.
I want to be known as a person people can trust and depend on. I want to be known as a person people can go to when they need a shoulder to cry on. I want to be known as someone that continued living to serve after my time in the FFA came to a close.
Serving others was a large part of my senior year, but another part was creating relationships with people that I hope will last forever.
I never imagined that I’d meet some of the best friends I’d have in my life in my senior year of college, but I’m thankful that I had them with me for the rollercoaster ride that is senior year.
I’ve always heard college is the time of your life, and I believe it now. I’ve experienced some of the best and worst times of my life while here. Even in a small town in the middle of northwest Oklahoma, it can be the time of your life.
Even though this is my last article for the Northwestern News, this isn’t the last the school will see of me.
But I want to end my final article in the Northwestern News with a few reminders.
Stay humble, stay kind and take advantage of every opportunity college life throws at you, because they might surprise you.
And, of course, Ride, Rangers, Ride.