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Sooo….um, yeah, Rachael is totally right. It has been way too long since anyone posted,
and waaaaaaay too long since I last posted.
Like a year and half. Oops. It has been a busy year and a half. Here are some highlights: I got and raised a
kitten who is now quite a lovely, albeit rather annoying at times, cat. My counseling courses are coming along, but
sloooowly. I got to visit CA a couple of
times, went to Idaho to visit Megan (got to see Owl City in concert), went to
NY for a cousin’s wedding (got to visit my grandma for the first time since her
Alzheimer’s got really bad), and my sister’s in Houston (She had another boy,
and is now pregnant with her sixth kiddo).
I said goodbye to a couple of friends and gained some new friends
here. I learned that haircuts are like
Russian Roulette, only with your dignity at stake rather than your life. I discovered that guppies are evil and
multiply really fast if you keep them from eating their young. I locked myself out of the house a time or
two (not so much on the fun side). I
learned that I hate APA formatting and that APA citations are useless. I got asked out by a creepy old guy who
mentioned his grandkids in the same conversation (run away!!!). I had the privilege of providing end of life
care to two of my clients. I finally got
a diagnosis for my chronic pain: Fibromyalgia (fortunately it seems to be
pretty mild). I got a car (a pretty,
bright red 1999 Pontiac Grand Am GT coupe).
I started mentoring a couple of girls, and am volunteering at a local
youthgroup (mayhap there is hope for me to learn how to interact with teens
yet).
Because I am the only one in may age group at church, I am
the first person they ask when one of the younger generation needs mentoring. Right now I am mentoring two girls, a
fourteen-year-old and a sixteen-year-old.
That is a ton of fun and super challenging. I am learning things like why you shouldn’t
give an already hyper teen or preteen coffee (I swear, it was just like trying
to herd a herd of cats). I am also learning
to explain the gospel in simplified terms, and that that is crazy hard given
the complexity of the gospel (I am always scared I am falling off one extreme
or the other into heresy).
Well, I know there were other things I wanted to say here,
but my brain has completely lost them. I
hope you all are doing well, and I miss you all. So long for now.
~Sarah
(also, I lost the game)
Don't forget the time we went to Disneyland together last year, Sarah! :) I'm glad that you finally got that kitten. Don't worry about mentoring the girls. I'm sure God will bless you for your efforts and as long as you stay as close to the Bible as possible, you won't go into too much heresy. lol
ReplyDeleteoh yeah, I was gonna put the bit about Disneyland in there, but it magically didn't get in there. So yeah, I went to Disneyland with Ellene, and we had a total blast!
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you. That's so great that you have opportunities to mentor teens--that is a difficult age group and I sympathize with your concern that you may inadvertently insert "heresy" while explaining the Gospel. I'm also glad to hear you've got a diagnosis and hopefully your doctors know what to do to help. I'll be praying for healing for you.
Take care!
Sarah, a wonderful movie reference in your title. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis. Kate Ball has fibromyalgia also and says that being diagnosed is a little like the doctor saying "yep, your body just likes to be in pain some times, this is what we call it."
I can't even imagine working with the age groups you do. From end of life care to teenagers? That takes a lot of courage and caring. :)