hallmark cards

so. i got sucked in quite quickly to the hallmark movie on television tonight. there's something familiar about these movies, they're a bit predictable but they aren't as terrible as some lifetime movies are. they get me every time. not only do i cry during the movies. i cry during the commercials. i will not pay $5 for their cards, but i might just because these commercials...they are priceless. yes, hallmark, you got me.

i'm using marcia's laptop and some neighbor's bootleg internet. i had originally planned on using her computer to skype video with kenley. but he got hurt in his football game and my webcam doesn't work on os x. snap.

last weekend kenley and i made it to nashville and memphis, tennessee and earle, arkansas. there aren't words to describe how amazing it was to be among some of my favorite people. it was incredibly refreshing and inspiring. i always revisit homesickness and how i don't think we ever grow out of it. there's not a day that goes by that i don't feel the deep missing of my people. when they speak to me, when they write me, when they call me, when they look at me, their words, their voices, their eyes...those are my priceless hallmark cards. i take them in my heart. i replay them, i reread them when my days are hard, when my nights are long.

my friends who are scattered across the united states and the world, i could never tell you how much you mean to me. you make me better. you show me Christ. you get me through my long days, my lonely weekends, my happy days, my celebrations, my excitements. have a good week. xo. me.

ps thanks marcia for your computer. and than you linksy for your wireless.