Monday, January 23, 2006
Thursday, January 12, 2006
How did he know?
Been pretty down lately. Confused about the future... worried about finances... need to get insurance... need to fix my computer... wondering if everything I've done up until now is actually important.
And then I get a card.
It's simple; a little girl in a tutu dancing on the beach. Inside it said:
Since the day your first "danced" into our lives, you have been a wonder and a source of delight.
That has been- and always will be- so.
As you take new steps, new twirls, new jumps, we watch in eager anticipation at how you will choreograph this amazing gift called life.
We're watching with joy and love.
Point your toes... the music has just begun.
Love, Dad
He really knows me. He knows what I love, how I've done life, what is special to me.
I am the luckiest daughter in the world, and I love him so, so much.
And then I get a card.
It's simple; a little girl in a tutu dancing on the beach. Inside it said:
Since the day your first "danced" into our lives, you have been a wonder and a source of delight.
That has been- and always will be- so.
As you take new steps, new twirls, new jumps, we watch in eager anticipation at how you will choreograph this amazing gift called life.
We're watching with joy and love.
Point your toes... the music has just begun.
Love, Dad
He really knows me. He knows what I love, how I've done life, what is special to me.
I am the luckiest daughter in the world, and I love him so, so much.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
I'm addicted.
To facebook. Forgive my recent absence. The link is to the right. Oh boy...
Be back soon...
Be back soon...
Thursday, January 05, 2006
We go to-gether....
I was watching "Grease" on VH1 today and so much of it made me just laugh. Why do I know EVERY SINGLE song? Why is this the most imitated movie? Seriously, though, how many people do you know wanted to be a Pink Lady, or knew how to do the "Hand Jive"? What the F is the hand jive?!?!
It brought me back to much of the first 18 years of my life: we said a Grease medley in 7th grade choir, my small group was "The Pink Ladies" one year at Blast, I sang "hopelessly Devoted" my Sophomore year in the Solo and Ensemble Contest, and my Junior year prom dress was basically the same dress (different color) as Sandy wore in the Dance-Off scene.
And as cheesy as it is, the final "We Go Together" reminded me of the groups of friends that I did life with all through high school... so many different types of people, so many different types of relationships.
And now I'm entering a new phase of my life... yet again. I'm not happy, and I'm not sad. I just am. I love seeing friends from other 'eras'... somehow we will always connect, even when we go for long periods of time without seeing each other. As I build new friendships, I often wonder if they will be long lasting or just for a season... will I lose them to careers, distance, spouses, families, tragedy?
I guess I just find it interesting that as I come to different monuments in my life, the "change" that I wonder about normally has to do with friends, and how and where they will go.
I want to be the type of person that never takes advantage of a friend; I want to remind those that are special to me just how much I love them; if we part ways, I want them to know how valuable our time together was, and nothing can ever change that. I never want to miss the good gifts that are given to me.
It brought me back to much of the first 18 years of my life: we said a Grease medley in 7th grade choir, my small group was "The Pink Ladies" one year at Blast, I sang "hopelessly Devoted" my Sophomore year in the Solo and Ensemble Contest, and my Junior year prom dress was basically the same dress (different color) as Sandy wore in the Dance-Off scene.
And as cheesy as it is, the final "We Go Together" reminded me of the groups of friends that I did life with all through high school... so many different types of people, so many different types of relationships.
And now I'm entering a new phase of my life... yet again. I'm not happy, and I'm not sad. I just am. I love seeing friends from other 'eras'... somehow we will always connect, even when we go for long periods of time without seeing each other. As I build new friendships, I often wonder if they will be long lasting or just for a season... will I lose them to careers, distance, spouses, families, tragedy?
I guess I just find it interesting that as I come to different monuments in my life, the "change" that I wonder about normally has to do with friends, and how and where they will go.
I want to be the type of person that never takes advantage of a friend; I want to remind those that are special to me just how much I love them; if we part ways, I want them to know how valuable our time together was, and nothing can ever change that. I never want to miss the good gifts that are given to me.
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