Wowza Lord, pals, everyone.
I can’t believe it’s halfway through February.
It feels like just yesterday, I was dashing across campus moving rooms and adjusting to my new classes.
Things may be far from perfect, that doesn’t matter right now.
I have love, I have my light, and I have my friends. I have community.
And all I have is gratitude for this campus, these people, this place.
I truly don’t know what I would do without them.
Without people who have loved and supported me from day one.
Through the absolute worst times, the absolute best times, and everywhere in between.
And all these wonderful new humans I get to meet every single day on campus and in Nashville.
People who do more than just tolerate my ridiculousness.
Who support me in the pursuit of the things I am passionate about and remind me of where my value lies.
Who ask me about my dance kids, my dogs, my family, and what I did before Vandy.
And how that influences me now.
Who will seriously consider stealing cake from a boujee Vanderbilt event, because why not?
It is so easy to get caught up in everything else.
In trying to be the perfect Vanderbilt student, whatever that is.
Because I am still and will always be such a MESS, no matter how much sweet humans here try to convince me otherwise.
And that’s okay.
I’ve been working really hard on being the best version of myself so that I can be there for others while still taking care of myself.
And I have my joy, my art, my dancing.
But most importantly, I have my heart.
SOOOOOO much love,
❤ CARLEE
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