I forgot to mention that in the tenth grade I was also introduced to Life Teen. Life Teen is the high school youth group that I have been attending ever since I first decided to try it out in October 2005. The group of people that I have surrounded myself with in Life Teen for the last 3 years have been the greatest blessing to me. They have inspired me unlike anything else. Every week I learned more about each of them and they helped me to learn about myself. I have overcome huge personal obstacles just because of the things I learned from these people. They consistently move me and unknowingly encourage me to keep growing and keep going. We've had out misunderstandings and our fights and we've made up and grown closer and I am so thankful for them. As well as them, I thank God nightly for our youth leader and his wife. They've been the greatest blessing of all. They've guided me whether they know it or not. I look up them and aspire to be like them some day. They have given me some of the greatest memories and most impacting lessons of my short life. I have looked forward to every Life night for the past three years. Because the people there bring me the greatest joy. I couldn't imagine a better way to grow up and learn.
It's kind of funny how we forget more stuff the closer it is to our present. In the eleventh grade I met my first and last girlfriend (haha). Holy moly, you wanna talk about happy. I thought I was the happiest guy in the world for the short time it lasted. I'll tell you, there is nothing more magical than just sitting in the grass, hypnotized by the feeling of a girl's hand intertwined in yours. Nothing like feeling her against you, knowing that you both want nothing more than to just stay like that forever. There's no greater joy than feeling wanted. Sure it didn't last long by some other peoples' standards, but the happiness and experience I got from that relationship are more than worth it. That year my family rented an RV and we drove it up to Edmonton and we did schoolwork and frolicked while my dad attended business meetings. From there we continued on to Jasper where more frolicking was done and more business meetings were attended. That was not the first time I had been to the mountains. When I was younger, we had stayed in Lake Louise for a weekend in the winter. As grumpy as I was to be wearing a full snowsuit, crossing the frozen lake was the coolest thing. We got to the other end and got to touch a frozen waterfall. I'll never forget how amazing that was. Back to Jasper, that was the first time I actually fell in love with the way they rocky masses soared into the breathtaking sky. I know it's lame, but that was the first time I was able to appreciate the mountains...every perfect, chiseled detail of the jagged surfaces...the way they absolutely dwarfed everything, the power they were. I wished I could have stayed in the campground forever and just stared at the unmovable mountains.
As always,
- Sad Blogger
