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hurray for humanity
Oct. 8th, 2011 08:37 pmI met up with a friend of mine from school. Jasie and I got back into contact about a year and a half ago. I don't think we had talked in well over a decade. It was mostly a case of people dropping off the face of the earth and life taking you places. We saw each other in August and our kids met (which was pretty cool) and then today we went out together and went thrift-store shopping, ate noodles and then I showed her daiso the japanese dollar store. Plus she came over for tea. It was a really pleasant afternoon with a fun person. I did my best to enable her in thrift stores. 'OMG you so need this. It is only a dollar" and we had all kinds of meandering conversations. A+++ would do again.
When we first knew each other we were teenagers and so of course we were very different people. She was one of my first introductions to evangelical christianity with a punk edge. I was her introduction to someone who drinks and was a little... worldly. I remember liking her a lot and was absolutely fascinated by someone who was so into God. I was steeped in Roman Catholicism which has traditions and rituals that are very well-defined. I wasn't drawn toward fundamentalism of the protestant variety but it was an education. After I lost contact with Jasie I often wondered how life went for her. And then she found me and it seems like her life has been an adventure (a new direction in faith that is very different from what she grew up with) and has become pretty awesome. She has a really great kid, a supportive partner (I actually had a class or two with him in college) and a bright red colorful house. Plus she is a craft-fiend. What is kind of neat is she has come to know my siblings and my Mom (since she ended up moving to my hometown) and so she has in turn become a family friend. She is definitely one of those people from my past where I am so happy that life has turned out well for her. There are a few people I have run across over the years who seem sad or worn by life and I always feel for them.
It is funny where the path takes you.
So yeah we definitely need to get together again. More noodles and crafting!
When we first knew each other we were teenagers and so of course we were very different people. She was one of my first introductions to evangelical christianity with a punk edge. I was her introduction to someone who drinks and was a little... worldly. I remember liking her a lot and was absolutely fascinated by someone who was so into God. I was steeped in Roman Catholicism which has traditions and rituals that are very well-defined. I wasn't drawn toward fundamentalism of the protestant variety but it was an education. After I lost contact with Jasie I often wondered how life went for her. And then she found me and it seems like her life has been an adventure (a new direction in faith that is very different from what she grew up with) and has become pretty awesome. She has a really great kid, a supportive partner (I actually had a class or two with him in college) and a bright red colorful house. Plus she is a craft-fiend. What is kind of neat is she has come to know my siblings and my Mom (since she ended up moving to my hometown) and so she has in turn become a family friend. She is definitely one of those people from my past where I am so happy that life has turned out well for her. There are a few people I have run across over the years who seem sad or worn by life and I always feel for them.
It is funny where the path takes you.
So yeah we definitely need to get together again. More noodles and crafting!
