Jade Jenkins

My life as a military child taught me one important lesson. I remember quite vividly the day I boarded my first airplane. Even though I was only five years old, I can still picture my tiny hand wrapped around my mother’s arm, clinging tightly to her as we navigated through the clustered maze of Raleigh International Airport. It was my first PCS experience.

I’m the kind of person who likes to flip coins on things, from the super mundane like “Heads I’ll get Wendy’s and tails I’ll get Canes for lunch” to the real life-altering choices like “Heads I’ll study abroad for Spring Semester and tails I won’t.” Maybe it’s cheesy, but I really believe in chance, signs and all that “everything happens for a reason” silly frilly stuff. Truly, I do. God’s plan, as Aubrey Graham would say.