hi.
i’ve been ill this past week and haven’t felt up to writing.
anytime i’m “under the weather,” i always resort to laying in bed and watching two types of movies: 1) Christmas movies. 2) Animated (aka Kids) movies.
i have figured out why i enjoy each of them so much… or actually, maybe just the latter because i could watch Christmas movies all the time. i enjoy watching animated movies because it’s the only type of movie i watch where i don’t critique anything. not the acting or lighting or scenery or transitions… any of that. i just appreciate it for what it’s worth.
that being said, today i watched “Horton Hears a Who.” i’ve always been a Dr. Seuss fan and if ever i were to write a book (as many have joked before), it would be a children’s book… and i would attempt to emulate the un-emulateable Seuss.
moving on…
when i lived back home (home as in, Indiana. as in, pre-CCU. as in, pre/post-NYC), i was a youth leader at my church. other than the Stage, the next thing i am the most passionate about are youth. since i’ve been couped up at home, unable to work, i decided to facebook stalk some of my girls (as i referred to them). one young lady, i’ll call her… Em, fell into the younger category when i was a leader, so i didn’t spend too much time with her; but i still knew her well.
out of all her siblings, Em is the one that doesn’t quite fit in. and so, i was curious as to how she was doing; hence my facebook stalking. i noticed she had a link to her blog, and naturally i read it. for her age, Em thinks some pretty deep thoughts – and along with this she often feels misunderstood. she blames her parents for comparing her to her siblings… and whether they actually do or not, i forgot how youth base some aspects of reality on emotions. oddly enough, reading her frustrations made me miss being surrounded by young girls (that sounds weird, but you know what i mean…). i’m not good at a lot of things in life, but i am a really good listener and i care about people like nobody’s business. so i loved when girls would share their frustrations and middle/high school daily dramas with me.
the thing is – being in a leadership type of position with them, i really felt like i was constantly being held accountable for my actions… i feel like i was a better person then. not that i’m not super cool now…
