Loved Ones

It often seems as though things aren't what they are until they end.
Cliche.
Let me explain this cliche in my world.

I was super excited to come to college and took no thought of what it would be like leaving all my friends behind: I only looked to the fun and new experiences of meeting new people.
And was I ever wrong....

:/

All my wonderful York friends, most that I've known since kindergarten or soon thereafter, came to say goodbye with a cake and a big card, on the day I left.
It was so touching.
Especially since the night before, we had all hung out and made cookies and just enjoyed each other's company.
My family is a lot bigger than seven biological people.
Lemme tell ya :)
Another thing with goodbyes, leaving Nebraska Youth Camp for the last time as a camper...
That was rough.
Those of you who read this that were there, I miss you. I love all the memories. I love all those people that made camp, CAMP!
And I know love has become waaaaaaay over used in the past few decades, but I truly do Love all those things I listed.
I love my best friend, McKenzie.
I love my other best friends, Avery, Charlie, Tyler, Reilly, Preston, Corbin, Karlie, Jennie, Amanda, ...... The list could go on.
Like I said, My family is very large.
And I like it that way.
How boring would it be if my fam was tiny and all lived in one place?
Blahh
Even my biological family is spread out.
Michigan.
Australia.
Texas.
California.
Canada.
Heaven :)
All this gushy talk about my love for my fam and extended fam may be sickening to you.
But I doubt it, if you have any semblance of a REAL social life.
Not just those aquaintences that you would go to the mall or Walmart with, but real, true, deep, painfull yet full of joy, Friendships.
And I want to say, don't ever think you have enough.
I have more than is my fair share back home and in various places, yet here at Harding, I'm am creating more and more meaningful friendships, and loves, every passing day.
So the moral of this blog is, you oughta appreciate the peeps that have waltzed onto your dance floor and struck up the dance of life with you.
And find more dance partners!
And tell the ones that are really in step that you enjoy living Life with them, that you Love them.
That's about it :)
You know you got those peeps in ya heart.
And the glorious thing is that they never go anywhere, even if, physically, they are thousands of miles away.
They still love you :)
And you, sure as Heaven, still love them ;)
Always Hope. Love Regardless. Peace Out.


P.S. to my biological family, thanks for life :) and training me to be me :P