But it's kind of fun to think about how we all even ended up there last night to begin with. (This is that part of the movie where the main character sits back, puts their forefinger and thumb on their chin with a pensive look on their face and then squiggly lines are put on the screen to let us know that the person is thinking about the past and then past scenes come up. You know what I mean?)
I met Chelsea for the first time 8 years ago when we both started working in youth ministry. We quickly became allies, sounding boards and then friends. I was thinking a few weeks ago that had Michael had more brothers and I would have needed more bridesmaids, I totally would have asked Chels...she's been a great friend for a long time.
I first met Kyle at our monthly YM meeting when he was introduced to all of us as the new YM at Sacred Heart. They told us that he was the waiter at Jalapenos and Fr. Craig hired him on the spot. I was not impressed. He was wearing holey jeans, had a faux-hawk and looked about 12. I never thought he would last. I am soooo glad that I was wrong about everything I thought about it. See kids, it's wrong to judge.
And Cdub....I really don't remember when I first met him. Sorry Chris. But I do know that I liked him from the start and we have collaborated on lots of projects and events from the beginning....and he makes me laugh all the time. And challenges me in prayer.
I could go on about Mikey, Aaron, and Stacey, but I think you get the point by now. What is sooooo awesome about all these people is yes, they are a blessing to their parish and to this Archdiocese, but really it's that I am lucky enough to call all of them friends. We might have become friends by circumstance, but we are definitely friends for real and I could not be more blessed to have such wonderful colleagues AND friends.
The other thing I wanted to point out is that while we have a ton of fun together and work well together on different events...more than anything, they are wonderful friends because they hold me to a higher standard, they raise the bar.
For example, last night after Whirrlyball, we went to get some dinner together. When I got back from my honeymoon, I was going through all my emails and I had one that seemed to refer to some incident that had taken place. So, I'm sitting at dinner next to those 3 and I ask them "what happened to cause those emails?" I'm not going to lie, I wanted the juicy gossip and details...I wanted to know who said what and what happened. And you know what they 3 of them did....they told me the story and how the situation was rectified without ANY details. And while at first I was kind of bummed, I sat back and marveled at their virtue. They understood that telling ugly stories, even if they were true, is not Christ-like and is not going to fix the problem. They refrained from gossiping and protected everyone's reputation because it's the right thing to do. It's really none of my business and they last thing I need is any reason to judge someone. Wow. Couldn't we all use more friends that call us to higher standards??
So, thank you all for being my friends and teaching me everyday what it means to live a virtuous life.
And Kyle, guess what?....the 100th entry of this blog is about your birthday. You're welcome.
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