So, I'm not going to lie to anyone, I had a hard day today. Remember how I was all excited to see my friend tomorrow? About a half hour after I posted that, I came upon something that did a sufficient job of destroying my plans. LICE. Today was a mix of a ton of emotions, mostly anger. It wasn't anger at any given person, not my parents, and certainly not my friends, but just at the situation in general. It is so hard to know that one of my closest friends drove 16 hours, only to find out that I have lice....So yeah, it was hard.
But a few minutes ago, my youth group leader since middle school posted a few heartfelt thoughts about how much we as 12-19 year old girls meant to her. It truly made my heart smile. I am so glad that I had such a genuine, heartfelt, kind, loving, and hilarious young woman as a youth leader. Through the years, I cannot tell you how many times Abby has provided for us, stepped in as mother, when we wanted to do stupid things, and just LOVED us. Throughout the 6 years she was our leader, she has devoted so many hours to planning lesson plans for us, just to have that completely derailed from either hyper middle school girls who had the attention span of a fly, or an overly dramatic, overly emotional, "My whole world is falling apart" high school girl. Her patience with us is truly amazing, because if I had to wrangle 11 obnoxious 12 girls to sit and listen, duct tape would have to be used...
Abby has become so much more to me than a leader. She has become a friend, a sister, a "go to gal", and I don't know HOW I could have gotten through the past 6 years of my life without her. She could NOT have been a more perfect match for our group girls, she loves a lot of the same things as us, and I am SO glad that she was with us for these 6 years. Our past two years together have changed us as a group, more than the other 4 years combined. By that point in our small group, a tragedy for one girl meant a tragedy for the other 8 or 9 girls. We laughed together, we cried together, and we DID LIFE together. So, when Graham was in the hospital, and after he died, it was a loss for me, but they all could see the pain and felt the pain with me. I am so grateful for Abby to be able to sit and listen to my problems, but also to just sit and cry with me when I needed it, having a friend that truly sympathizes with my feelings is a huge gift and a blessing. Anyways, this is so much longer than I thought it would be, but I'm going to wrap it up. I love you Abby, thank you for all the time and effort you have put into us, and thank you for loving us!!!
<3 Always,
Rose
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