Friends are good. Friends are what make us remember that good things exist in this world. Friends remind us that we are worthy of life. They give us hope to move on when we struggle and they give us someone to celebrate with when good things happen.
My best friend Kirsten was in town for the week and it was AWESOME. She, her husband Brian, and their baby girl Hallie (who just turned 1!) all traveled back to Washington from Albuquerque, NM to visit family and friends. We spent random moments of the week sitting in her parents' living room talking, dancing with Hallie, strolling in the sunshine, joking around, laughing, and reconnecting. Since Kirsten moved not a day has gone by when I don't think about her and the little Tyhuis-trio she has become since marrying Brian a couple years ago - but I think I do sometimes forget how much I really do miss her.
BBQ has been a theme of my spring so far, especially this week as I was blessed with grilling burgers at Boulevard Park twice. Both meals were shared with friends, accompanied with laughter, sunshine, sail boats on the bay, and fun pictures.
This weekend we celebrated Mission Trips at the INN. Saturday night FPC was filled with parents, friends, members of FPC, roommates, INN Alumni, and Spring Break Mission Trip Teams. Everyone gathered together to see, share, and celebrate the work that was done and the community that was created and strengthened over the course of the trips. All those faces, all those relationships, all those connections, all those worlds colliding - it was really fun to watch.
The weekend ends and the week begins with today. Mike, Megan, and I played cards and chatted at the Lettered Streets Coffee House. I hugged and said goodbye to Kirsten, Brian, and Hallie. Mindi and I talked on the phone while I was driving home. I did homework and chatted at the living room table with Seth. And as I lay here in bed, listening to "Blackbird" I am reminiscing over memories that have been created; each memory is special in it's own unique way because of the people who created them.
Dang - there are some good people in my life. :o) How did I get to be so lucky?
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Reading about your overflowing cornucopia of friendship fun makes me feel.... happy and glad for you because those are the very best times, kind of happy because I remember fun times with my friends who are so far away from me, but as you would say Im not gonna lie- a little melancholy for myself and the lonely place I find myself in now. Please pray that we find some good friends soon!
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