Monday, October 31, 2005

It's not Christmas yet, is it?

The Alpha Weekend Away saw us tucking into no, not just the THREE gorgeous buffets at the Furama Hotel, but also into THREE Nicky Gumbel videos on the Holy Spirit. That guy just has an amazing talent for using ordinary stories about everyday life to illustrate the points he shares with his audience.

Aunty Grace is a wonderful listener. I think I've confirmed the fact that I am an oddball who delights more in the company of older people. I looked up to the older girls when I was a kid, not to the next girl with the prettiest Barbie set of all. I admired older British teachers rather than the whiz kid from the next class who brought the Angus Ross prize home. I love arduous rags-to-riches stories, not jumpstart yound entrepreneurial efforts. But I digress... Aunty Grace was such a gem, allaying my fears and never once talking down to me.

It was also a great weekend, because theboy brought me back to the place he first asked me to be his girlfriend. Yes, one up for sentimentals from the old school. And this time we talked about our spiritual ideals. Oddly, I don't think we intended for this to be the cementing session for any shared concensus of how we are to continue from hereon, but it did happen. I feel a lot more assured now, and a lot more confident about where we're headed.

And I sure know who I want to be headed there with.

I couldn't have asked for more honesty or more attentiveness. He told me everything for the first time, and helped me to understand all I never did about him.

This old girl hasn't felt such magic for a reakky long time. Allow it to sink in. Happiness is always good. Yes?

Yes.


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