Weekend.

Took it off Facebook, added it here.

I wrote this after I got back from a mini Joshua reunion in December 2005.


Only five hours ago I was still at Hume... still on the mountain... still in the middle of the vastness of God's beautiful and glorious creation. There were friends... my Joshua family... filling me with laughter, joy, tears... wrapped in my arms... forever in my heart. There was a wedding... a declaration of love to God, to one other, to family and friends... a promise. There were infinite amounts of memories... of "remember whens"... of good stories, embarrassing moments, and reality past, present, and future. There was a finished video... a year of friendship, love, growth, pain, laughter, tears, hugs, smiles, memories... documented, dedicated, and shared. But mostly, there was time... time: to spend sitting and talking... being content... being close to actually touching a tangible piece of satisfaction. I am still so consumed with emotion... the purest joy of being reunited with souls forever connected through our Savior... the sharpest pain of realizing we have no assurance of seeing each other again on this earth... and the love that runs deeper than all else, that is beyond all measure... and the knowledge that we will always have heaven. this is what we cling to... what we press on for. But for now, Hume is our heaven on earth. It is where we go to find ourselves... each other... love. And this is where I have left my heart, in so many ways.