April 6, 2006

This has been a week of emotional rollercoaster-ing. And there's only dips on this one.
It seems so trivial to talk about what is currently upsetting me, considering the big sadness of this week. . .
This Sunday evening, Rita, the 16-year old sister of my best friend from Jr. High, died in a car accident in my hometown. I think we're all still kind of in shock. It kills me that I can't be there for Sara and her family, and it's so wierd to think that I won't see Rita next time I visit the youth group; I could always count on her familiar face there, even as different kids come and go. I still remember the last time I saw her, she was sooo excited to introduce me to her boyfriend. As it says in the newspapers, she always did have a smile on her face. I know she is home, and it is so comforting to picture her in the presence of the Lord with that big smile of hers. . .but it is definitely hard for the people left behind for now. There really are no words I can say. There was a memorial service tonight, and tomorrow is her funeral. My parents told me the huge Mission was packed. Rita is definitely loved and missed by all.

here is the deepest secret nobody knows(here is the root of the root and the bud of the budand the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which growshigher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars aparti carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)