This year, Valentines was not a momentous occasion. There was not a romantic dinner for two, no moonlit walk on the beach, no beautiful bouquet of my favorite flower (which by the way are daisies), and no big box of my favorite candy. Valentines was an extremely hard, but also joy-filled day.
On Saturday morning I attended the funeral service of the amazing Jen Uwarow. We left school at 7:15 and headed to Forest Lawn in Hollywood Hills. Forest Lawn is a cemetery that has I think six different churches on the lot. All of the churches are absolutely gorgeous! Walking up to the church and seeing all the different groups of people made the situation so incredibly surreal. I am not sure if I have ever lived a more surreal morning in my entire life. I have known some incredible people that have passed away, but never really thought about the fact that they are standing in the presence of God now.
As we all entered through the doors of the church there were three amazing pictures of Jen. My favorite was one of her laughing. The church seemed to just become more and more filled. There was an incredible turn out…so many people there that loved Jen and her family. Many people ended up having to stand to the sides. Jen’s twin sister, Jessica, gave the eulogy. When Jessica first made her way to the front and began to speak, I sat there in utter amazement at how much they sound alike. From far away it looked as if Jen were standing there talking about her own life. One of the best things of the service was looking around to me fellow PCC students and seeing us all come together to comfort one another and praise God for not prolonging the suffering of our sister in Christ.
Last Friday, after chapel was over, one of the guys got up and made an announcement that the guys from Room 1 had something for all the single girls on campus. When we all walked out…there was a table set up with a flower and a card for each of us! It was such a nice gesture that all of us loved.
On Saturday afternoon, Lorah, Richard (Lorah’s cousin that’s visiting from Canada), Lynnae and I headed down to San Diego for the day. We headed to my friend Lauryn’s apartment. Lauryn is a sophomore at San Diego State University. I had never gone down to see her since we both left for college. It was really nice to see where she lived. After she showed us her apartment she brought us to the SDSU campus and showed us around. It was pretty cool. When you come from a 5 acre campus, seeing a school that has 30,000 students is pretty incredible. After seeing the campus we headed to Coronado Island. Coronado was gorgeous! Unfortunately we didn’t take into account that it was Valentine’s Day and the entire Island was swarming with people! But it was okay. We still had a good time seeing the Hotel Del Coronado.
Once we were done and I had said goodbye to Lauryn….we headed back to Orange (the city that Lorah lives in) and went to Don Jose’s for dinner. It was nice to eat some yummy Mexican food. Richard paid for all of our dinner…which was a nice treat. After dinner we went to Blockbuster and rented a movie and went back to Lorah’s house, drank coffee, and watched the movie.
At the end of the day, I lied in bed thinking about the amazing God that I strive to give glory to every day. God has blessed me with so many amazing people in my life. People who build me up and encourage me with my relationship with Christ. People who commit to praying for me. People who are always there when I need a shoulder to cry on, a listening ear, or someone to make me laugh. God is good. All the time. All the time. God is good.
At the end of the day, I lied in bed thinking about the amazing God that I strive to give glory to every day. God has blessed me with so many amazing people in my life. People who build me up and encourage me with my relationship with Christ. People who commit to praying for me. People who are always there when I need a shoulder to cry on, a listening ear, or someone to make me laugh. God is good. All the time. All the time. God is good.
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