I like endings though. They always make me think over all the happiness and sadness and growth and memories that happened in a place. This will always be the first place Charlie and I decorated, cleaned, and loved as "ours." Even though it is a student apartment, and anyone from Covenant will laugh at the fact that I love the "Stupts," I do. And I love Covenant College and all of my staff who are trying so hard to love God and serve him by caring for college students and who have cared for Charlie and me. I love all the college students I got to know, especially a few that I got to know really well and blessed me by opening up their lives and hearts to me.
I love Rock Creek Fellowship and how incredibly beautiful that church is, literally and figuratively. I love Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain: Rock City, the hiking trails, the Riverpark, Blue Skies, Lula Lake Land Trust, the Terminal, Canyon Grill, and Sweet Basil Thai. And I love DL, Matt, and Sam, our amazing friends who loved us and helped this city feel like home. I'm going to miss them like nuts, but it has been so worth it. I remember moving a few years ago and asking my mom if it was worth it to love people if eventually those relationships will change or end. She said something wise and profound that I was too sad to hear. But now I really think it is worth it, even if it hurts your heart. We went a year here with pretty much zero friends or community, and as much as it hurts to leave people behind, it would have been so much worse to have never had any community at all.
On a completely different note, I re-did my craft fair look in the last couple days with some intense projects that result in a series of bruises, blisters, staple punctures, and a pretty decent looking display. Here is what it looks like!
Congratulations on time well spent in my favorite city, and in my old apartment, no less. :) And you're not alone - I loved the stupts myself (I lived in three different ones!). Blessings on your road ahead.
ReplyDelete