Dang y’all, it’s really over. At this point it feels like we are doing everything for the last time, and even writing our last blog is a somber moment. Fellows has been an awesome experience where I have learned a lot, met so many great people, and I think I have grown a lot as a person. I’m so glad I made the last-second decision to do Raleigh Fellows, and to join this quirky group. I am looking back at the first day of the program in September and laughing, as I was kind of freaking out that I had made a mistake. Since then, it has been a great experience filled with retreats, classes, work, roundtables, and fun hangouts. Although I have known when the program was going to end for months, I am sad now that we are here. I have loved my time here, and it makes me sad that my time in this program has come to an end. We still have our end of year dinner and end of the year retreat which I think will be great opportunities to reflect on the year, to discuss what we have appreciated most about the program, and to spend one last retreat together as a group. Although I am sad that Fellows is over, I know I will always look back on this year with fond memories, and I am excited to see what happens in the next stage of all of our lives.
-Neil Evett