Goodness, I've been up to my neck with random odds and ins such as buying school books, job hunting and going to Destin. :) It's hard to believe that next week I start my classes at Memphis! I'm very excited but I realize that I will be swamped. This past week, I was in Destin with my mom, my sister, Amy Murk, Donna Park and her daughter Emma. We had a blast! I think one of the my favorite things on this trip was sitting outside every night and looking at the moon and stars over the ocean :) I actually wrote a short poem about it, so I thought I'd share it:
Everything seems simpler at night.
All the noise and chaos of the world seem
to go to sleep with the sun. The sound of
the ocean drowns out all of the confusions
and questions, leaving your ears filled with
the music of the waves fighting over the shore.
Then - then the magic happens: the moon
wakes up. The reflection of the moon lights
up the ocean and the sand. There's a fairytail
feeling in the air - like something extraordinary
will happen at any moment. It's a sight that no picture
can capture and a feeling that no human can possibly
describe. There's an unsettling peace that floods your
heart, mind and soul - this happens all at once
when the moonlight is reflected in the ocean.
When I got back from my trip to Destin, I went over to my best friend's house. My friend Kendall left for Mississippi College and saying goodbye to her was one of the hardest things I've ever done. If you've had to let someone you love go for a time you understand but if you haven't, you cannot imagine how hard it is. I've had friends tell me "she's coming back," and "it's not like she's dead," but it's much more than just a friend leaving for school: it's knowing that your best friend who you've spent countless hours, days, weeks and months talking to, laughing and crying with, sharing secrets with, singing in the car with and just randomly calling to say "hey, let's go to Sonic..Now!" is more than 30 minutes away. Priorities are changing and life is rearranging - and it's starting with sitting in her room with a bunch of tissues just hugging her and realizing that this is it. Gosh I start crying just thinking about it. Kendall has been and will be one of the few people who have made such a difference in my life. Without her.. I wouldn't be me. God has wonderful plans for me and my friends and I can't wait to see what He has planned :) it's just hard sometimes to trust that everything will be alright, especially when this part of the bigger picture has to be so painful.
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