Arrivals.

We made it. Let me tell you, a 13 hour drive doesn't seem nearly as long when you know you won't be coming back. When you are the only kid riding in the car, you have a lot of time to think too. Luckily for me, it rained almost the whole way up here. Some people might find that depressing, but I found it comforting. My last wish before I left Arizona is that the heavens would open and it would pour one last time. And it did, and I feel like it was a tender mercy from Heavenly Father, that it would follow me all the way up to my new home.

When we pulled up, the BYU sign flashed big in my eyes as I read "Brigham Young University- The World is Our Campus."

It made me feel very, very small. I call myself a kid because legally, I still am one. I don't turn 18 for a few more days, which makes me feel quite incompetent to be at a school this large. But I guess age doesn't really matter up here, it's all about what you came to do.

I've had a lot of time to think about what I want, can, and will do up here. There's an endless amount of possibilities, and I hope that I choose the right decisions and make my family and my Father in Heaven proud. We are staying in my grandparents house for the night before I move into my new dorm tomorrow. As I was browsing the millions of books stored in this house, I came across one called,"The Legacy of Peter Maughan." I gently lifted the 5 inch thick book of the shelf and casually turned the pages. Then I wondered if my name was in it. I looked up my name in the index, and sure enough, it was there! Sadie Lauren Maughan, born to Gregg and Terra Maughan, September 1st.

Legacy is a word that always carries a heavy meaning. What legacy am I creating? Will there be a book about me and my lineage in a couple hundred years? If there will be, what I am leaving behind for others to honor and remember? I know they are such loaded questions, but it's true. From now on, everything I do will affect my future generations. What a concept. I truly desire to make sure that my choices I make now will be respected for years and years to come.

I want to be remembered for doing something brilliant. What that is? I don't have a clue yet.

But I came here to find out.
Wish me luck.