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2003
Oklahoma Youth Tour
Welcome!
On June 13, I
embarked on the adventure of my life. This page is dedicated to
that week, the adventure, the friendships, and the seventy-five
people who will forever be carried along in my heart. On June
19, I stepped off the plane a completely different person.
Every day since then, I have found a new reason why Youth Tour was
the best thing that could have happened to me that summer.
To all of you:
June 26, 2003
It seems like
I got home from OKC yesterday, that I was with all of you just days
ago, instead of an entire week. I can't believe how much one
week affected me. I walked into the hotel Friday morning, full
of energy, and more nervous than I had ever been in my life.
Sure, I had been to other places before, but always with my mom.
The farthest I had ever been without my parents was a three-day
regional softball tournament in Sherwood, Arkansas. I was
excited, but I was nervous, jittery...Probably anyone who was in the
hotel before about 3:00 will agree with me. I couldn't have
shut up if ya'll had paid me. To be honest, I was scared.
But after the
first day, I realized that my roommates weren't going to be awful,
even if they were Lakers fans. :-) I realized that I
could meet some people who might just be famous someday ("Hail
to the chief"), and I realized that I would be so busy, I
wouldn't have any time to miss my mom or my dad or my brothers.
But most of all, I realized that I only had one week to make some of
the best friends I'd ever get--and that's exactly what I did.
I'll never be
able to put into words what that one week meant to me, you changed
me. I have a better outlook on everything, more confidence in
someday living and working in DC, and I have a stronger faith in God
than I've ever had. I never dreamed one week could have that
affect, but it did.
Thank you SO much....
For putting up
with my way-too-early cheer, my annoying full name greetings, and
even my putting names together... I really am sorry, Jodi... :-)
Thank you for listening to me complain about how awful I thought my
life was, and for convincing me that it really wasn't that bad.
Thank you for being you, and making me be me. I love you
guys. Thanks for putting up with me.
MaRy =O)
They say it
takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them,
a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.
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