Merry Christmas :)
Yesterday was Patrick's funeral. The funeral was nice, and wasn't as hard to get through as I expected. The church was packed...and the procession to the cemetery was amazing. I've never seen a procession that long. I swear we must have had the whole Decatur Police force escorting us. The hardest part of all was at the graveside service. Seeing the casket there, and having to come to terms with the realization that my friend was really gone. I was going to say that "my friend was in there". But I thought, that wouldnt be true. He's not there, he's in heaven, and I know that.
Today, I watched the Brothers Grimm, and I think I'm the only person out there who enjoyed that movie. But there's not much that includes Heath Ledger that I don't like. Then....I went to lunch with my sister, and they were came back to my house to continue some cleaning and gift wrapping to get ready for Saturday, when my family comes over. Which is funny...we originally had everyone come to my house to make it easier for me to be there when I got off at 8, instead of driving to Hartselle. And...I don't work now. Haha. We also worked on painting our kitchen. We aren't quite done, but it looks really nice. Not that anyone cares what my kitchen looks like, but hey. Who cares.
Something really awesome happened tonight. As usual I got a random IM from some random guy who was searching through AOL profiles and thought I sounded interesting. Which I find odd because I have a boring profile on AOL. But anyways, I decided to say hi, and ended up talking to this 17 year old guy who just moved to Madison from Georgia. Our conversation started out by talking about how there's nothing to do in Alabama. Then he sends me his myspace address and I see this guy with a bandana tied on his head with the tie in front...shots of him smoking and shot of some guy holding what I HOPE is a bb gun, not a real rifle. Anyways, he tells me he's trying to change his life. I tell him there's a lot of great churchs in huntsville to get involved in, and we end up spending time talking about God. I got to share with him that God will change your life, and he can forgive you of anything. Too often I think that people approach people like this guy with the "scare tactic" and don't just tell the person about the loving God that I know. He told me he was supposed to be dead at 10, as the doctors predicted after he was hit by a car. I told him how God gave him a second chance, which means he must have a plan for him. And unless we are living our lives in a way that pleases God, we may not ever discover our purpose. I felt really pleased when our conversation ended. I even told him he was welcome to talk to me any time he needed someone to listen. I dont know him, and I don't know if he's truthful, but I hope he got as much out of the conversation as I did. I feel that God planted that one for the both of us. :) So, that's been my last few days. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas. I love you all!!
Today, I watched the Brothers Grimm, and I think I'm the only person out there who enjoyed that movie. But there's not much that includes Heath Ledger that I don't like. Then....I went to lunch with my sister, and they were came back to my house to continue some cleaning and gift wrapping to get ready for Saturday, when my family comes over. Which is funny...we originally had everyone come to my house to make it easier for me to be there when I got off at 8, instead of driving to Hartselle. And...I don't work now. Haha. We also worked on painting our kitchen. We aren't quite done, but it looks really nice. Not that anyone cares what my kitchen looks like, but hey. Who cares.
Something really awesome happened tonight. As usual I got a random IM from some random guy who was searching through AOL profiles and thought I sounded interesting. Which I find odd because I have a boring profile on AOL. But anyways, I decided to say hi, and ended up talking to this 17 year old guy who just moved to Madison from Georgia. Our conversation started out by talking about how there's nothing to do in Alabama. Then he sends me his myspace address and I see this guy with a bandana tied on his head with the tie in front...shots of him smoking and shot of some guy holding what I HOPE is a bb gun, not a real rifle. Anyways, he tells me he's trying to change his life. I tell him there's a lot of great churchs in huntsville to get involved in, and we end up spending time talking about God. I got to share with him that God will change your life, and he can forgive you of anything. Too often I think that people approach people like this guy with the "scare tactic" and don't just tell the person about the loving God that I know. He told me he was supposed to be dead at 10, as the doctors predicted after he was hit by a car. I told him how God gave him a second chance, which means he must have a plan for him. And unless we are living our lives in a way that pleases God, we may not ever discover our purpose. I felt really pleased when our conversation ended. I even told him he was welcome to talk to me any time he needed someone to listen. I dont know him, and I don't know if he's truthful, but I hope he got as much out of the conversation as I did. I feel that God planted that one for the both of us. :) So, that's been my last few days. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas. I love you all!!