So, it's been like an entire 3 months since I've last updated. Does anyone ever still read this? Did anyone ever read it to start with?
The short of it is that I've been busy falling in love. You know, it's amazing to me how one day you are going about your life as a single girl and then the next you are meeting someone that you will eventually fall in love with. I really wasn't expecting it at all. One day I am loving my single life, enjoying my friends, pretty much accepting that I've had my share of love and unlove for awhile and so I would be happy that others were experiencing it while extolling the benefits of sleeping single in a double bed. Then the next day, I'm looking in his eyes for the first time and seeing something in them that makes me hope that he calls again. And when he does, I exhale and a slight giggle escapes my lips just like it used to in junior high school. And then one day I find myself admiring china patterns. It's such an odd experience, falling in love.
So, Seth and I met that Saturday and have been seeing one another as often as we possibly can (he lives about 2 hours from here). He loves me and he loves my child. He opens my car door every. single. time we are together. He runs the palm of his hand over my hair. He sent me a post card of his city after our first date with the words, "Dear Joy, Wish you were here. Love, Seth". He is just a phenomenal man and this weekend, he took my son Christmas shopping for me. I think my heart is swollen.
Other things going on with me:
In the town where I live, there is a family who has had several major tragedies happen to them within a very small amount of time. Their son fell down five flights from a roof of an abandoned building in town while taking pictures and he was in a coma for several months. Now, he is a parapalegic and his mother and father have been spending most of their time in Atlanta while he goes through rehabilitation. Then, during a severe storm, a tree fell through their house and made it pretty much unliveable. Last weekend, their 19 year old daughter, Hadrienne, was in a car wreck and she died. She was an incredibly beautiful girl and you can see in her pictures how happy and kind she was to others.
I have never met this family, but I've been following their story from the time of Asher's accident. I happened upon the father's blog on the main portal at Chattablogs and was drawn in by this family's story. I cannot even pretend to begin to know what this family is feeling. But, their unrelenting faith in God has astounded me. I cannot stop thinking of them. I cannot stop telling people about them.
Andy Mendonsa listed several charitable organizations that Hadrienne was passionate about. I don't know if anyone is reading this or not, but if you are, and you have a few dollars, please consider donating in memory of this precious girl. And if you don't have money to donate, then maybe post a link on your website for others to see.
I think that's it for me for now. I'm still here. Life is good.
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