Oh how I wish I had a Clay Jensen. I thought at one time in my life that I had found my Clay but that person ended up being just like everyone else. I wonder if there really are people like Clay. Are there people who love unconditionally, even when they hate you, how Clay loves Justin? Are there people in the world that would fight the injustices against you when you can't fight them for yourself, the way Clay fights for Hannah? Are there people in the world that challenge you to fight for yourself when your terrified to do it, the way Clay challenged Jessica? Are there people who with continue to encourage you when you've got nothing left, they way Clay encourages Zach, Tony, and the others? Are there people who would stop you from causing harm, relate to you at your lowest, be so openly, emotionally raw, and try to save you, the way Clay stops Tyler? I want to hope that there are but to be honest I just don't think that there are. Or may...
My very first memory that isn’t a learned memory is of my grandmother’s (Lucille) father. I had to be less than 3 years old. He, Frank Price, was a carpenter. He made the most wonderful furniture. My grandmother, mother, and many other family members still have the pieces that he made. He had this workshop behind his house in Sanford. My first memory takes place in that workshop. The kids always wanted to be with him and explore that workshop. I know that we weren’t really allowed to be in the workshop. Once he did take my sister and I into the workshop. There was a welcome mat of some kind right inside the door. He told us to stand on that mat and not to move. A few years ago we were talking about first memories and I mentioned this memory because for the longest time my first memory was of his funeral when I was three. I remember being in the church and seeing him in the coffin and my Aunt Donna takin...
Someone I would switch lives with for a day and why. I really wouldn't want to switch lives with anyone. I like my life, it has its ups and downs but at the end of the day it is mine. That being said... I would want to switch lives with one of those people who are super duper rich. Then I would want to help out all my favorite charities so that they can do God's work without having to worry about where the funds to support themselves will come from. I'd spread that wealth around. Just sayin'.
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