Nov. 22, 2006 - Girls night
Life has been going pretty well lately. This past Saturday Melanie and I had a girls night with 3 girls (they are actually the ones I mentioned in the last blog) So Melanie, Ashely, Jennie, Abbey and I were all at Melanies Saturday night. We did this little craft thingy....it was really cute when it turned out. Its a glass box with Christmas lights in it and then a ribbon tied around it like a present. its neat. We played a few games then we played this one game...where we write down like 2 questions....like funny or personal....and then someone would draw it and they had to answer it. it was really funny...Jennie and Ashely both left around 9ish. but Abbey spent the night with us. Well when Melanie was tryign to hook the DVD player up Abbey and i were talking...and then Melanie couldnt get it to work so she was tryign to get us to move into the other room...but Abbey wouldnt go cause we were in the middle of a conversation. She wouldnt move at all...like even when i started to get up...so i said and talked for a minute longer and then she like got up and left...it was really weird.
We watched LakeHouse and i dont know if you have ever seen it..but its really confusing! haha. but it was great.
Sunday morning Abbey decided to sit in the service with me the second service. And during the music part of the service they played "Jesus paid it all" and Abbey was crying.. but i looked at her and I couldnt see that she was crying. but when we sat down...i looked at her when they were palyign this video clip...and i said "are you alright Abbey" and she cried on my shoulder...a few minutes later i passed her a note...i dont like passing noted in church but theres sometimes you need to...so i asked her again...i said "Abbey are you ok" and she wrote..."yes, I just wish the holidays would never come because of what they used to be" and like i didnt know what to say...i thought about it all through service...and like it hurts me to know that shes hurting. Like even though I dont know her that well..and I cant say i know how she feels...but it has got to be really rough. its only been a little over a year since her brother was killed. so they are still fresh wounds. but after service was over she didnt get up again...which i was glad cause I wanted to talk to her. So we sat and talked for a few minutes...or rather I talked she jsut cried. i told her to call me if she needed anything...but I dont think she will. but Im going to call her and I think Im going to ask if she wants to do something sometime. but i jsut dont know what to do. At chruch sunday night when we were in out small groups I was talkign about it. and Robbie (the leader) she said that she thought that i had been put in Abbeys life for a reason. and that she needs to be loved and for someone to help her through it. and my mom said... "What Abbey needs is a big brother but I think she will settle for a big sister" meaning she wants her brother back...but since she cant have him back that i can be her "big sister"
anyways if you guys can keep her in your prayers I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
Mindy
Comments
Jan. 1, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by DancingFeet
Wow, Mindy, it amazes me what a burden you have for your friends, and even the people you don't know very well. They're all really blessed to have a caring friend like you.
Love,
Briana
