This week I am thankful.

This week I am thankful for friends.

Over spring break last week, I went on a little adventure to the city of Saint Francis. Home of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Giants, and the most delicious soup-in-a-bread-bowl you've ever had.


It was definitely an experience to be remembered. Fifteen of us college kids, some close friends, others soon to become close friends, drove north in anticipation of the coming week.

Here are some things we shared
-our water bottles
-a house and a (single) bathroom
-bus seats
-meals
-laughter
-difficult questions
-funny songs
-frustrations
-vulnerability
-honesty
-excitement
-moments...because my good earth tea said "we do not remember days, we remember moments"

there is much more to be explained...but i don't think i'm ready to write it all out yet. so it will have to wait until a bit later. there will be pictures too. exciting? yes.

we returned from the week tired, filled with questions, frustrations, and a deeper desire to figure out what this thing called life is. and how, in this life, do we learn to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.

this week i am thankful for friends.
a wise and beautiful woman (whose name may, or may not, be Melissa Tucker) brought me to this conclusion. we talked about the importance of friendships as you face difficulties, as your worldview gets turned upside down, as you feel surrounded and overwhelmed by the questions and issues that come with a deeper perception of this world we live in. we talked of the comfort of knowing that you are not the only one surrounded by this cloud, that someone else has those questions too. and you can ask them together. isn't that grand?

one other thing i am thankful for: we follow a God who does not grow weary. This is something i am clinging to as i sit in the tension of what i see in the world, my desire to change things, and my feeling that i am absolutely helpless to do anything of the sort.


i don't know what else to say right now, except that changes are a'coming.
(also, honey nut shredded wheat is delicious.)