Happy Things

With contributions from Tiffany, Matt, Kippany, Micaela, Marie, and me. You can guess whose is whose, which is half the fun! Wish I could reproduce the handwriting for you. (Clue: Mine aren't the ones about me.) It's quite a backlog of things to be happy about, due to the aforementioned blogger block.

· Nina’s “dirty dog” remark and picturing various responses to it
· Taking the west end stairs from habit and not realizing [we EQUIP girls weren’t supposed to use them] until my girls reminded me!
· Seeing Nina’s family pictures
· Startling Kendra in her office by saying “We love you, Kendra” outside her door
· Alison & Eileen witnessing together
· “You can’t keep saying, ‘No.’ We’re here to eat.” –Caleb M.’s grandpa, after he had refused a couple of foods on the food line
· Micah (agitatedly) to Caleb K.: “You just need to take your little box and smash it, just crumple it, destroy it . . . “
Caleb (equally agitated): “Um, okay; I just have one question—can you be my box?”
· Being able to spend two months with Abby as my roommate
· Having Ruthie, Kendra, & Tiffany back
· Pockets full of M & Ms
· Army men (the little green plastic ones) on display in our room
· Abby Carman following in the footsteps of her pyromaniac roommates
· Kendra’s “candy cane” candle: it does wonders for congestion!
· Kendra’s purple socks
· Abbie Norcross’s pleasure over calling her dad “Bob”
· Alicia Carman letting me play her guitar!
· Taking Ruthie out to ice cream for her birthday
· Redheaded, blue-eyed lefties! (the few . . . the proud . . . the crazy!)
· Abbie Norcross saying “hi” to Roofie at the front desk
· E-mails from Abby C.
· Leaders’ meetings!
· SNOW!!
· Danielle F. saying, “Kip’s a good kid.”
· Fun thoughts of fellow EQUIP XVIII classmates!
· Ruthie back at the front desk
· Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving
· Musing over God’s power in transforming lives!
· Desmond modeling Sadie’s coat
· Chris leading singing at the mission
· Clyde telling me that his basketball coach is going to Ohio to marry his father
· Getting to go through Character Suite!
· Making it through EQUIP a second time (& actually surviving!)
· My God’s amazing love & mercy—and the continual new lessons He shows me
· Kendra’s patience with me when I am struggling
· Having Kendra as my authority & friend (I love you, Kendra!)
· Jamie keeping me straight with her “prophet-like” statements, but making me feel so loved at the same time, especially by teasing me
· God’s work in people’s lives
· New EQUIP leaders!
· Cold weather (I’m trying to “relish the cold,” as my dad says)
· A roll of toiled paper . . . and some bored people in Character Suite
· Danielle F.’s “Teh-heh”
· Driving home from Riley Hospital munching Triscuits
· Watching Danielle F. with her parents
· Clayton R. to Tiffany A.: “Think like a person”
· My family coming
· Going out with Tiah
· Getting to know the new leaders
· A phone call from Kimberly Martin
· Treasured old friends
· Kendra!
· Memories of Miss Howard
· Ruthie and prayer meetings
· Chocolate & coffee
· Babysitting at Colonial
· God being our home & refuge
· First snow that sticks
· Understanding that God ordains steps. He knows everything that I need to do. He carefully guides me to what is priority.
· Keith Daniel’s reminding that I need to get excited about the Creator!
· Psalm 18:1
· Thanksgiving
· Watching people choose to make wise choices
· Making a sad person smile
· Giving 100% on Learning Center tests
· Getting to be in Learning Center!
· Playing Phase 10 with Gina!