I found this quote in a church program one Sunday and it has stuck with me since that day and pretty much sums up my Aggie experience.

This has been a LONG & HARD four years for me here at A&T with a lot of ups and downs but I thank God for seeing me through it.

From being on the basketball team to being an editor of the A&T Register to running for Miss A&T, everything that I have done has been a part of God’s plan and I have trusted Him every time to get me through.

There have been more good times than bad in my experience and for that I am grateful. I enjoyed meeting new people and all of the opportunities that have been awarded to me.

I am most happy with the fact that despite all of the drama and hardships that I have gone through, everything happened in the end. If I had not stopped playing basketball, I would not have been able to start writing for the A&T Register and run for Miss A&T. If I had not been able to do certain things that I wanted to do, then I would not be able to set myself up for the future.

My faith in God has helped me through some of the hard times that I have experienced and made me fight even harder for my second chance.

Don’t ever count me out because by you telling me what I can and can’t do, you motivate me to work even harder to get the things that I want.

Nobody can deter me or stand in my way or keep me from doing something because I know that I have something to offer this world and I will get the chance to show it and meet my goals.

I would like to thank all of the people who have supported me during my time here. People still come up to me and say that they supported me when I played basketball and cheered for me whenever I scored or even got in the game.

I still remember that and it did not go unnoticed. I also still get people who say that they supported me during my campaign for Miss A&T and voted for me. Every day I think about the people who helped me get as far as I did and I am eternally grateful to them.

I have never been a person to change who I was in order to fit in or be accepted by anyone.

I would like to think that I am the same person now as I was when I stepped foot on this campus in 2006.

Although I have grown and of course there are some things that are different, I am proud of myself for staying true to who I am and not changing for anything or anybody.

I am content with my experience here at A&T and even though I haven’t been able to do everything that I wanted to do,  I would like to think that I’ve done everything that GOD wanted me to do.

I know that there is a season and time for everything and if I continue to work hard, everything that I want to do will happen someday for me.

I would like to thank the entire Register staff for all of the laughs over the past two and a half years that I have worked here.

The office has become somewhat of a second home for me and I have enjoyed (just about) every moment that I have spent here.

• laporsha lowry