a kindred spirit, bosom buddy if you will

last night andrew and i drove up for francesville's graduation program. i'm not really sure why i ended up going, but i'm really glad i did. it was a great evening with good advice given and beautiful praises sang to God. it was odd as i sat there to think back to my graduation program...um, wait did i have one? yes, i'm sure i did. right? okay yeah, i have the big kjv study bible with my name on it. i vaguely remember walking up to receive the bible. who was it that handed my that bible? was it dave metzger? maybe. i honestly can't remember. who spoke? who sang? i have no clue. actually i don't even remember who spoke at my actual graduation ceremony at school. so that, my friends, is what struck me. i sat there and watched/listened to an older man encourage the seniors and give advice. every single generation tries to save the next generation from screwing up. even i, after only being out of high school for a couple years, wanted to scream DON'T ______ & _______ &________ to one of the senior girls who is heading down to iu for her freshman year. but nothing anyone said to me could have changed my mind and unfortunately this is how it seems to go. seriously, how many times do you actually learn from someone else's mistake? like never. you learn from your own mistakes. anyways, i guess this is from my 'realist' point of view (some may say pessimist, i prefer the former).

i have to say the highlight of the evening was sitting next to my great friend, or should i say, kindred spirit, christen. i was hit by the commonality of the our group of girl's mentality, or maybe just christen and i. but a lady was reading a nice poem (it really was nice, originally written) and she used a phrase that seemed a little random and even though it no doubt was stuck into rhyme, christen and i lost it. literally. you know that feeling when you can't laugh out loud but can't stop the hysterical laughing from taking over your body. well in a matter of about 2 minutes, christen and i had tears rolling down our cheeks, with tightly-closed lips, and shaking upper bodies. i love that girl!