This past year has been one of momentous change in my life. When I was at the Denver Art Museum a few weeks ago, I saw a quote by an artist, Jordan Casteel, who said that she had “been lucky to find her soul’s code early.” This is how I feel about the last year. In the Autumn semester, I was enrolled in our Manuscript Studies course in the MedRen department (one of the only undergraduate versions of this class available in the United States). This course sparked a passion in me I could never have even imagined: a love of medieval manuscripts. For Manuscript Studies, I wrote a paper entitled “From Paris to Akron and Beyond: The Origins, Provenance, and Breaking of the Ste-Geneviève Bible,” in which I explored the history of a thirteenth-century Bible manuscript fragment which has become my main passion in life since then. This paper has since evolved into my planned Honors Thesis for Ohio State, and in the time which has passed since turning in that first, 20-page version of this paper, it has almost tripled in length, allowed me a fellowship to continue my research over the summer, provided me with the opportunity to give my first academic talk, and given me more clarity and purpose in my career than ever before. Time spent following one’s passion is the most fulfilling thing in the world, and I have become more and more aware of this fact the more time I spend working on my project. This year has also provided me with ever closer relationships with professors, mentors, and friends across OSU and beyond. Manuscript Studies is my soul’s code, and I have found it at the perfect tie in my life, because there is no better place for me to pursue it than here at Ohio State.