i miss david ridley.
i miss jesse braswell.
i miss ruthie williams.
i miss chad meyer.
i miss crystal diaz.
i miss scott martinelli.
i miss megan day.
i miss kati leone.
i miss renya purificato.
i miss ella nobrega.
i miss keith gurgick.
i miss greg huegel.
i miss josh toth.
i miss dayna demarco.
i miss dan grundman.
i miss polo beaucejour.
i miss past summers, past mission trips, late nights, long talks, sleepovers, concerts, graduations, field trips, prank wars, bible studies. i miss when life was less complicated and stressful, when it felt like nothing could shake my world.
seems like a lot has changed in the past 6 months. my best friends are no longer the same, my walk with God has changed significantly in both directions, i have become friends with people i never anticipated and lost friendship with people i never anticipated. i can't wait till summer when i will have time to reaquaint myself with the above people, at least to some extent. i want to write letters, make phone calls, give a little extra of myself to make sure that we keep in touch. each one of those people meant a lot to me at some point in my life, and i want to make sure they know that i miss them and their friendship.
Easter was wonderful this year.
the Good Friday service was as powerful as ever, with the readings of the seven last words of Christ, and all the hymns and such. i watched The Passion with Ashley that night, too, which really put everything into perspective again. i'm glad it's not a movie you can watch over and over again, because it would just lose the ability to help me focus again.
Sunday i went to the sunrise service at First Baptist, and enjoyed it a lot. cold though. we had breakfast afterwords and i sat with the Powers family. they are so sweet and the kids are so big now. the service at our church was fantastic. there was this electricity in the air because He has risen!! and you could totally feel it. Everyone was dressed in their spring best, and sang at the top of their lungs on all the songs. it was really inspiring. afterwords we ate the famous Bennett Easter creations. They make nests out of rice krispie treats, and color coconut green and put it in there as grass. Then they put cadbury chocolate eggs in, and place peeps randomly. it's awesome. they've done it every year as long as i can remember.
Easter dinner was craziness. We had 22 people at our house, not including my family. The Mates, the Angerosas, the Schmitzes, the Wickens, Nate, and Josh Toth all came. It was awesome. I love having them over, because they all feel like family. They are here for practically every holiday (except Nate and Josh..this was their first experience). I'm really happy Josh was able to come, he's an awesome friend and i was excited to see him. I'm glad he didn't have to spend Easter at the navy base. The 8 kids under 9 were crazy, especially Olivia and her obsession with boys, but we laughed and tickled and wrestled and had an Easter egg hunt. It was a blast. After everyone left, Josh, Nate, Sarah and I went to the barn and then to Blockbuster to rent Man on Fire. awesome movie. We felt the need to be adult-ish after playing with the kids all afternoon and watching Disney movies.
I'm off to go to laundry and pack. I'm going to Liberty tomorrow to visit Benjamin and I have yet to do anything in the way of getting ready. sigh. busy spring breaks aren't really breaks at all, i've decided. i wish i could just stay home and chill here, but i promised i would go. We have a tournament on Sat, so the team is invading my house for the weekend, so no free time then either. I'm really excited about them coming though. We'll have fun squeezing 16 people into my house!
10/1 on the run.
humperdink says hi and he misses you!