Let me start by saying the past week was probably the single best week of my life, along with being the series of most life changing events I have ever been involved in. I was moved, enlightened, loved, and opened up to so much. I even cried in front of 200 of my peers.
SOOO... Last Sunday... we left church and headed to Asheville. On the way there, we stopped by Cracker Barrel for lunch. We arrived at our destination at about 5pm. Warren Wilson College was where we were staying. We registered and got our shirts, name tags, dorm numbers, and schedules. I went to my dorm and met my roommate, Alison. We got along quite well right away. Then we went to the kick off party, and had some major fun. We wrote down intentions on rice paper, and put them into a giant bowl of water. That intention was to be worked on all week. Mine was simply spiritual enlightenment. We met our family groups, which mine was amazing. I loved all of them dearly and made some great friends.
Monday, we woke up at 6:30, which would be a trend that continued for the week. I went to breakfast, and skipped along to the morning celebration. We had another family group meeting before we traveled to the river. We were canoeing down the river, and we were able to pick partners. I was with Julia, which may very well be my best friend in Y.O.U.
We paddled down the river laughing and singing. It was a 4 hour trip, of which we meditated one hour. It was quite amazing. When we woke from our meditation, and re-entered the real world, we were greeted by dragonflies... too many to count. They were beautiful. We ate dinner at the river, and arrived back at the college in time for movie night.
Unfortunately, during the movie.. my sponsor/beta-mom realized she had hurt her back at the river. I helped her to another sponsors car, and they escorted her to her dorm. I went up within a short amount of time to help her out... and I brought her food.
Tuesday, we woke up as usual, and skipped along to our morning routine. We did our meditation, and when we arrived at family groups, one of the sponsors, Cindy, had a flower in my hair, and I saw my aunt, who passed away, sitting there... she reminded me so much of her. during free time I made some jewelry, and went to our cookies craft shop. I had a BLAST decorating with icing, but, I personally don't like icing, so I secretly gave my cookie to Linda. She knew immediately that it was me, but then she had this whole debate on whether it was my cookie, or an imitation cookie. LOL. we did LeRoy's workshop... he was life changing... so insightful, and so wise. Influential epitomized. We did the shindig, and we had a blast.
Wednesday was the most emotional day for me. I woke up, and the mist was coming in the window. It was quite soothing. We rose up, and dressed in our service project clothing. We ate breakfast, and went straight to load buses for the service project. We reached hundreds of people, and really felt like we made a difference. We ate lunch, and arrived back to the college for freetime. I went up and got ready for my craft shop. It was yoga, and Jeanne was teaching, so I was psyched. Jeanne arrived in the room just in time to tell me she had brought an unexpected guest... my mom.... SO... I ran out to greet my mom, and headed back to craft shop. We did yoga, and went to dinner. My mommy was there which made my day. After dinner, we went to family groups, and I told them why it meant so much that I had my mom there.
Then we headed to the LeRoy concert. HOW amazing could it have been? well... multiply the maximum by 74385. <3 At he end of the concert, he sang us into our silence, and it was magical. No noise for 12 hours. It was pure bliss.
Thursday we broke the silence, and my mom had left the previous night. we did some discussions and then we did an angel wash. I cried through the entire angel wash, which means EVERY person there saw me cry. I faced the fear, and I overcame it. I was showed in kindness. It was life changing. We did spirit sharing, which is a giant talent show. It was amazing, and I sat with Judy, who I got to know quite well...
That is all I really feel like typing. More to come later
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