It's a good thing I have tomorrow and friday off, because for some reason, work has put me in a bad mood.
Anyway...
I miss fellowship with my girls. Like, true fellowship. And I know I've been spoiled to not just have one group of girls, but two - the "canaan girls" and the "saratoga girls" but we're scattered all over the country now. I miss the loud laughter and craziness and late nights with reni, amy, eva, alice, jean, olivia and joyce - but the prayer times that we had that would go along with it. I still remember that insane time of prayer the girls had back when I was in 8th grade and we were on the summer youth music trip in Seattle. I think that was the first time I really learned about the power of prayer, of the importance of it. And I miss the random-gibberish-everyone-talking-all-at-once times with ev, al, jean, o, bops, and shrie (heck, we can even throw in honorary member mary, and honorary "saratoga girl" michael wang, aka mr. physics, who is soon to be married in August!). I miss the days when i (and others) would go over to olivia's house practically everyday, making "creative" crafts, dropping rice bowls into the soup her mom made, tasting irving's gross food creations, and singing praise together. I think I'm just being selfish - like, of the Canaan girls, come August, amy and i will be the only one left in the area - and I know that God has blessed me with new friendships, but sometimes I long for the good ol' days of when we would randomly gather together, encourage, laugh, share, pray... the whole shebang. Well, for now, for the Canaan girls, I guess I can look forward to summer of 2004, which is probably the next time we'll all be together again (yes we already have an evite going, and yes we do need to plan a year in advance!). And for the saratoga girls - there are more of us who are somewhat more local, but it's still hard to get everyone together. Okay. Enough whining. I've been blessed as it is to have such great friendships that have been able to stand time and distance. I've found that it's hard for me to create new friendships that go this deep though. I guess it takes time and effort.
Anyway...
I miss fellowship with my girls. Like, true fellowship. And I know I've been spoiled to not just have one group of girls, but two - the "canaan girls" and the "saratoga girls" but we're scattered all over the country now. I miss the loud laughter and craziness and late nights with reni, amy, eva, alice, jean, olivia and joyce - but the prayer times that we had that would go along with it. I still remember that insane time of prayer the girls had back when I was in 8th grade and we were on the summer youth music trip in Seattle. I think that was the first time I really learned about the power of prayer, of the importance of it. And I miss the random-gibberish-everyone-talking-all-at-once times with ev, al, jean, o, bops, and shrie (heck, we can even throw in honorary member mary, and honorary "saratoga girl" michael wang, aka mr. physics, who is soon to be married in August!). I miss the days when i (and others) would go over to olivia's house practically everyday, making "creative" crafts, dropping rice bowls into the soup her mom made, tasting irving's gross food creations, and singing praise together. I think I'm just being selfish - like, of the Canaan girls, come August, amy and i will be the only one left in the area - and I know that God has blessed me with new friendships, but sometimes I long for the good ol' days of when we would randomly gather together, encourage, laugh, share, pray... the whole shebang. Well, for now, for the Canaan girls, I guess I can look forward to summer of 2004, which is probably the next time we'll all be together again (yes we already have an evite going, and yes we do need to plan a year in advance!). And for the saratoga girls - there are more of us who are somewhat more local, but it's still hard to get everyone together. Okay. Enough whining. I've been blessed as it is to have such great friendships that have been able to stand time and distance. I've found that it's hard for me to create new friendships that go this deep though. I guess it takes time and effort.
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