Posted on June 20, 2009 - by Casey and Glen

Reflections from “Veterans”

Hey everyone it is Casey and Glen,
We have been talking a lot about the end of our last MOB trip. Although we are excited about the changes coming up we are finally realizing that the end is near. We realize that our friends, life styles, and environments are changing.

For me, Casey, I was really excited about college at the start of summer. I was ready to go to college the day I graduated. I remember talking to Rory about that and she told me that I would miss everyone and get really nervous before college. I thought she was one hundred percent wrong. Then I slowly started to learn she was right. Before I went on this trip I had been hanging out with my friends until really late in the morning. We were reminiscing about the past four years and finally understood what Rory was talking about. I am going to miss my friends so much when I go away to college. On this trip I am having the same realizations. I know that it may be very well the last time I ever see some of these people and it is really upsetting. I have great old friends and have met some amazing new people. I have so many memories and it is saddening that I will not be able to see most of them again. But yet I am excited for what is coming up and I will know that I have tons of people back home at mob that love me to death. I just want to say thank you to everyone who has helped make MOB such an amazing experience and I love you all. Thank you for making me the person I am today, I know I would not be the same person God Bless, Casey.

For me, Glen, I felt when I first started these trips that I would not feel as much of an upset when the trips came to an end because I didn’t really know anybody. But part of the beauty of the work trip magic is that someone can enter into a group with no solid knowledge and leave with a feeling of confidence that you have made life long friends. For this trip in particular I have been slowly realizing the gravity of my current situation. All the friends I’ve made are going to be away from me, and my life in general is seeming to change like night and day. Its tough for me to think about it sometimes because its a scary notion, and it is really beginning to hit me. For example right after I graduated all I could think about was TCU and how pumped I was to go there. But as time passed I got to thinking and it all hit me. Just the other day Casey and I were talking about those exact feelings and both agreed that this last MOB trip was sort of the last thing we have to tie us to our now soon to be “past lives.” So many emotions run through my head still as the days come to a close. I would just like to say thank you to all of the MOB who have truly made my life something much more than I could have ever imaged. Love, Glen