old relationships are tenacious

thank goodness

why is everyone so far?

good thing my self worth is not based upon my ability to play volleyball

it's going to be a long 8 weeks of thursdays

In the spaces of calm almost lost in what followed, the question of why tended to surface

"A catalyst was he for his time, a changer of hearts and lives. He came not to be hero, but to enable the hero in others. He came, not to fulfill prophecies, but to open the doors to new futures. Such is ever the task of the catalyst."

"I'd rather be a shepherd."