Period.

This week has been a week of growth. Not only spiritually, but with people too. Our DTS class is an interesting one. We have 10 people in it. There are 6 girls and 4 boys. Dorothy, Anita, big Elie, Sarah, Elizabeth, me, (little elle), Josiah, Michael, Al, and Arlen. Every single one of these new friends has so much to share with each other. Yesterday was a day of growing experiences. Emotional day... We have these things called Quaker Questions... It is where our leader, David, asks us questions. And we all have to answer them. The first day it was "What is your full name and what is your favorite color" I think. They have gotten increasingly personal as the week has progressed. For the past three days, we have been working on "What is one lowpoint in your life and what is one highpoint"? I told mine on the first day. But yesterday, there were 4 people left to speak. One by one, they went. And as they shared their tough times in life, every single one of us listening had tears in our eyes. We all were relating with them. The first girl, Elie (LOVE HER!) went and hers made me cry. Then Josiah. We all cried. Then Anita, we cried some more. Last was Dorothy. And by the end of the day, all you could hear in the room was sobs. And sniffling. It was a two-hour time period I will never forget. Those hours in that room made us closer as a group than I have been to some people I have known my whole life. It feels so good to get the "gunk" out of my life and lay in down on the table for people to hear. And see. And then discard. Because it doesn't matter what we have all done in our pasts. This is the start of the future. And right now- today- can change our lives forever. So whatever is in my past... Everything. The ugly, the things I never realized God forgave me for- all of that- is gone. It's a new day. It's a new chapter of my life. It's over. Period.