Goodbye Germany. It has been fun.
My time here in Germany has been so so good. Seriously it has been good. and crazy. and busy. and so many things. Everything coming at me all at the same time. I am looking forward to seeing what surfaces as I begin to process it as a whole. I know I learned some serious key things that will be major when they come up but at this moment I am way to tired to say specifically what I have learned.
This whole trip has made me more appreciative of some things. First, I am so thankful for College. Not at all because of the degree or any amount of book smarts you can get from attending College, which are beneficial, but for the other life skills I learned during that time of my life. I so appreciate my roommates and life in my dorm in MS. I almost miss it at times. I enjoy being in close proximity to friends and people from different cultures, however it's difficult when everyone comes from different parts of life. :) Oh, community life.
I am so much more thankful for the time God took me to CBN and my job there. I got to meet so many amazing people and i made some really awesome friendships while I was there. It was such a huge growing time for me and my relationship with God. So much stretching was done there. Looking around at my classmates here in Germany, there are so many different paths God has each person on and each person is at a totally different point on their specific path with Him. It is so exciting. And looking at my own path it gets me excited to see what He was walked me through and where He has taken me. It all is just building to take me forward with Him to some amazing places.
I could go on in so many random areas of all the things I am thankful for and appreciate in my life but the biggest one right at the moment is my Dad. I love this guy. AH! Friday and Saturday I was rather stressed out. For one, I was sick and it wasn't just a normal cold. It was/is some weird throat thing. It seems to be going away. Slowly. Saturday, I got on the computer answered emails, had some really good Skype conversations with other loved ones and my last conversation was with my dad.
We talked about random stuff… which is typical us. We have the kind of relationship where we may sit with long awkward pauses for a while and then bring up something totally random talk about it and then get silent again. But, I love my dad. No matter how random. It's us. It's what we do.
Honestly I can't really remember what we talked about. It was all pretty random. But one thing that came up, is his portfolio for his MFA degree. Ah! He is finishing his last semester for it and will be finishing in January. Yeah, I had forgotten until that point that I was missing his graduation ceremony. BUT I do get the privilege of reading his final portfolio. :) I am really stoked to be able to read it! My dad is a major inspiration to me and I love and adore our talks about all things Art.
Both of my parents are AMAZING and I would not be able to be here if it weren't for them.
I LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD!
Until next time, go hug a parent.
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