thankful: picking up where you left off.

so, i know, i am pushing it for thankful thursday considering it is almost friday, but better late than never! and give me a break, i had my first day of work today, and went to a new life group tonight but more on both of those later, i have had a busy day.

for my dedicated readers, you might remember me talking about my friend charissa in this post last summer. she is an old friend//roommate//kindred spirit from my biola days. she has a wandering spirit, so since graduation, she has been traveling the globe korea, europe, australia... and the last time that i had seen her was last august when she was visiting the states [for those who aren't paying attention, that's a year people. i haven't seen her in an entire year. and i have been really bad about skyping].

anyway, i got to see her on tuesday!! she had a few hour layover at lax on her way to, wait for it, antarctica [told you she had a wandering spirit]. i went and picked her up from the airport and we went and got in n' out and walked around target for a bit, and then i dropped her back off.

i know what a lot of you must be thinking, was it weird seeing her after such a long time? and my answer is, no. it wasn't weird at all. charissa is one of those amazing friends, that even though it has been months since you spoke, she sucks the truth out of you. you have real conversation. your friendship picks up, right where you left off. it was like i hadn't seen her in a day, not a year.

tuesday night was such a blessing to me. it was such a blessing to spend quality time with an old friend. it was such a blessing to simply be able to share my heart with someone someone who really wanted to hear it. halfway through a conversation, i had paused, and laughed and apologized for word vomiting all over her for the last 20 minutes. she smiled, and simply stated, i can't do surface friendships anymore. i didn't come see you to have a fake conversation with you for an hour...i want to hear about what's real in your life.

so we sat in in n' out for another hour. talking about our struggles, love, our future plans, theology, family, friends, what we are excited about, etc. etc. etc. and when the evening was coming to a close, i felt like i could take a deep breath again. i felt comforted by her friendship. i felt comforted knowing that her friendship and love was never going to waiver. i am so thankful for charissa, for her wandering spirit, and the ability we have to pick up right where we left off.

hope you can find something to be thankful for today. happy thursday!


[dropping charissa off at lax for her to begin her journey to antarctica! love you so much friend!]