I had the privilege to meet a new blessing in this world. Elisha, he was only a week old when I got to meet the little blessing from above. So precious and tiny. Yet one day he will be so powerful, inspirational and a unique character in this world!
Today I went to the church I now try to call "home" and an officer i've known since the time I started coming to the army was a guest speaker. And immersed in converstaion with her I found myself say "Yeah well when i'm at church this is where I am" in response to her suprise and confusion that I was attending that corps.
When I thought about what i'd just said I realised how bad it sounded but when I look back on it its true. Some weeks yes I'm away, otherweeks I have an event or training or family commitment. But then there's the weeks that I wake up and roll back over, all I want to do is walk into church and be hugged by my best friends, the people I've journeyed with intently over the past few years and that know when somethings wrong and how to make me feel better with just one look.
All I want to do on these weeks is walk through those giant glass doors and have kids that I've taught come running up to me with their open arms and precious smiles.
I miss the days when a bad day at church was having 23 of the 3-7 year olds I taught alone. Or sitting on opposite ends of a row to someone cause you had a tiff and your not talking.
Now to me those days look so good.
My favourite things are;
- walking into a room and having trouble deciding who to say hi to first and get that great big weekly hug!
- seeing friends everyday and still missing them so much in between cause your so close.
- seeing kids lives changed.
- being a person of change in this world.
- hanging out with my best friends who might as well just be my brothers and sisters.
- seeing kids lives change as they grow and seeing them become the person they are destined to be.
- seeing my best friends across the room and feeling that warm fuzzy feeling inside of me.
I have way more favourite things but at the moment these are my favourite things which I miss so much!
To my dearest Bethany, I miss hanging to you and talking about absolutely nothing in particular!
I will always love you and no matter where in this world we are i'll always feel close to you!
Jesse, Jake, Crystal, Mikayla, Bredine, Nessa and Brianna! I miss hanging out with you's and being dorks! Having random times and memories and being the people who we were born to be ;)
Jess, Christine, Holly, Sarah, Mandy, Anna, Heather! I miss your wisdom, your encouragement and your support!
