Things I'll never forget

My first real kiss with a Troy S. out in the hall before first period History class. I didn’t want to be French kissed because I thought it was gross.

Hagel’s theory is like a bagel – They both have holes in them. I don’t know a thing about philosophy. My roommate Joy was trying to find a way to remember this for her college philosophy exam. I helped her out.

All the funny things Rina and I did for our English class project. Burning a toy boat in White Rock Lake, getting wonder clay stuck on our hands, making over 200 tiny sculpy rectangles and then spray painting them only to learn that the color of the cap was not the color of the paint inside.

My wedding day.

The birth of my first child and the look in her eyes when she first saw me.

The day we moved from Texas to Iowa

Spending the afternoon with my friend Robin at reunion tower just before I moved.

Reconnecting with my old friend Anne when I went to church for the first time with Randy.

My first apartment.

My old friend Jared telling me that Jesus loved me after I was about to pass out drunk on the floor at a party.

Unpacking laundry when we came home from our honeymoon and planning to do only my clothes.

The sound of the space shuttle exploding over our home in Texas and the feeling of our home shaking.

The silence of the skies after September 11.

Working at Fairview Baptist Church when I heard on the radio about the planes crashing into the towers.

Michelle Stevens giving me her bouquet on Mother’s day.

The time my sister snuck up and gave me a hug at while she was working at Tom Thumb in Addison.

Shooting things off the balcony of my apartment with Ken and Elliot.

My first trip out of state with friends from DBU. We went to Oklahoma and back.

Working at PageNet, my first real job, during the second shift. We rocked!!!!

Answering a bomb threat at work.

Singing in the catacombs of an old church in Antigua, Guatemala.

Seeing Rina and Andy at the Mall of America.

Spending time with Rina after Lauren was born.

I’ll keep adding to the list as I think of things