The night was wonderful. Kids were super excited to be here, new faces and old faces filled our atrium and we had to get extra chairs out to fit everyone in our room (awesome problem!).
I joked with folks before hand we were gonna "Beat things, burn things, and then put it on social media." I almost texted that to all our kids but my wife said I might want to rethink that decision, she was right, that's not exactly the publicity we need going out.
The night was fun, we had Pinatas (what we beat), we had sparklers (what we burned) and then we started pushing our social media platforms hard for Twitter and Instagram. During the night we ate tons of food, laughed, shared stories from our summers and read a bedtime story, a cheesy but cool moment, (never knock the bed time story!) and then tried writing with sparklers a word we hope to describe our next year together. Most of the photos where nasty blurs, but some turned out.
For inspiration here's my word, impressive right!
Once I was home and trying to wear off my post gathering buzz (I'm exhausted after middle school gatherings and want to sleep yet wired after High School gatherings and can't sleep #personalproblems) and was looking through the nights hashtag feed and seeing what students posted from the night.
This pic grabbed my heart. I think she cheated on the whole write with a sparkler idea, but never mind that, it still stole my heart.
She captioned the image "Tried, but never broken as long as I have Him. #iam #Circl3 #kickoff2014"
This kid is amazing, she's solid, she's the student who's facade says she's got it all together, but it's just that, a facade. This last year has been hell for her. She and her family have gone through one of the dark season of life we each go through at some point or another. They have walked through death, she's walking through major life choices, and then when you add in the now "normal" adolescent drama and life's just heavy and tough and overwhelming and long.
But with one post she showed wisdom beyond her years.
Wisdom that says: "In Him I'm good." Wisdom that says "alone I'm screwed, but in him I'm safe." Wisdom that says "hold onto what matters and loose what doesn't, cause you can't carry both."
So this morning, as the day get's going and life get's busy and things start to press in on us. I'm reminded, "In Him, I'm strong"
Happy Thursday.
Once I was home and trying to wear off my post gathering buzz (I'm exhausted after middle school gatherings and want to sleep yet wired after High School gatherings and can't sleep #personalproblems) and was looking through the nights hashtag feed and seeing what students posted from the night.
This pic grabbed my heart. I think she cheated on the whole write with a sparkler idea, but never mind that, it still stole my heart.
She captioned the image "Tried, but never broken as long as I have Him. #iam #Circl3 #kickoff2014"
This kid is amazing, she's solid, she's the student who's facade says she's got it all together, but it's just that, a facade. This last year has been hell for her. She and her family have gone through one of the dark season of life we each go through at some point or another. They have walked through death, she's walking through major life choices, and then when you add in the now "normal" adolescent drama and life's just heavy and tough and overwhelming and long.
But with one post she showed wisdom beyond her years.
Wisdom that says: "In Him I'm good." Wisdom that says "alone I'm screwed, but in him I'm safe." Wisdom that says "hold onto what matters and loose what doesn't, cause you can't carry both."
So this morning, as the day get's going and life get's busy and things start to press in on us. I'm reminded, "In Him, I'm strong"
Happy Thursday.
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