Tag: memories

2011, Journal, Typical Ames, Year In Review

2011 YIR: Themes

Sometimes practically applying the knowledge that you’ve learned seems hopelessly impossible. Sure, the words on the page, the pictures in the diagram, the description from the person with more experience makes sense. But when you take what you’ve been told and try to put it into practice, sometimes you just […]

Journal

Grown Up

Today, I had a flashback as I watched one of my lifelong best friendsĀ  kneel with her new husband as the pastor prayed with them at the end of the wedding service. Though we were praying, I decided not to close my eyes. And a memory of the fifth grade […]

Journal, Typical Ames

The End of the Road

I just attended my last law school class. At the end of it, just an hour ago, my professor asked the 3Ls to stand. She and the other students applauded, and she thanked us for giving our time to UVA. I don’t know why, but it was such a touching […]

Journal

Memory Lane

Telling a historian not to remember seems a futile command. But I appreciate what the text says nonetheless. Yes, God has done incredible things in the past, and I am eternally grateful for those evidences of His kindness in my life. But He is not finished yet. He can create a new thing, out of apparent impossibility, something that will also be worth looking back over.