Hello my friends!
You know those live moving pictures you can capture on an iphone? The ones that make me think Harry Potter may be real? Thinking back, 2019 was a series of mental live photos- not necessarily the highlight reel, big events, or specific moments- but the mental snapshots that comprise a picture of the past crazy, wonderful, full, delightful, challenging year.
2019 was reaching into an isolette and readjusting a baby's oxygen mask and slowly pushing 2mls of milk through their feeding tube
Staying up late, sitting on the floor of my house with constantly dirty feet, learning and playing new music with my roommates
Belly laughing at the kitchen table with my family long after the meal was finished
It was standing in a hot classroom and stumbling through French grammar (and pronunciation and vocabulary) while attempting to explain nursing concepts
Getting hand cramps and ink smudges while completing my paper charting during my contract position in the States
Posing in odd and unique positions in public areas to help start up Recreate Photo Hunt (shameless plug for recreatephotohunt.com!!)
2019 was becoming a human jungle gym for the world's most amazing missionary kids
Rolling dice to determine my fate as a half-elven ranger in a summer-long D&D campaign
Eating abysmal amounts of stove-top popcorn while playing euchre
Wiping the drops of sweat out of my eyes while starting an IV on a seizing child
It was cheering and clapping for my Togolese friends playing pick-up sticks for the first time
Reaching out to hold the hand of the mother who just lost her child
Squinting and blinking the dust out of my eye as I bumped over sandy, potholey, red roads on my motorcycle
Awakening to the sound of my bedroom door opening and feeling the sudden weight of my dog jumping on my back for a morning snuggle
2019 was sitting around a full table eating waffles, drinking coffee, and attempting to be a part of all three conversations at once
It's been a good year. Thank you everyone who contributed to my 2019. 2020 is looking bright. Happy New Year everyone!
In Him,
-C-
