a student started today at my job for her one-month internship. she is finishing up the same program i graduated from so we shared professors and experiences. it's always comforting to find something in common with someone you've just met, and she seemed to relax once i mentioned that i was familiar with the program and project expectations.
her project will be focusing on my area, so i will be working closely with her over the next few weeks. i couldn't help but think of myself in her shoes, alittle tentative, not knowing what to expect, trying to make sense of it all and picturing myself as someone like... me, only now. it reminded me of how far i've come in 8 years (when she asked me what year i graduated, i had to think about how long it's been), still trying to figure things out, a bit more confident, but alot wiser. and i couldn't help feeling a tiny bit proud.
time does have a way of running away from you... but it also has the ability to show you have far you've traveled.
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