Hey friends, I'm back in writing. I apologize for taking so long to publish my second post. Quite honestly, my life has been pretty uneventful lately, so I haven't had much to write about. I'm still enjoying working at the library and finding weird titles, my latest being "The Best Thing About my Ass is That it's right behind me." However, today I had to complete probably the most foul task I have ever been asked to do at the Library. Basically , I had to reach under the book shelves to see if there were any books stuck under there that could be marked as "missing" in the system. This may not sound bad at all. But I was not prepared for just what was under those shelves. There was all kinds of garbage, dust and lots of dead bugs. It was so nasty! But I did find seven books and even an old teen magazine from 2010!! Crazy, I know!!
Anyway, you probably didn't come here to read about dead bugs and decade old magazines. So let's get back to my life. I still love attending bible study every Monday night and seeing all my friends, especially Jojo. Even though, we have only been friends a year, Jojo is definitely one of my biggest supporters and one of the greatest gifts God has ever blessed me with. I seriously can not imagine what my life would be like today if God hadn't allowed us to connect last year. Here is how it all began.
Before Jojo and I became friends, we were in high school together ten years ago. Jojo always came off to me as a socially confident and outgoing girl who was fairly popular because of her many talents and accomplishments. She was editor of the school newspaper, a member of the show choir, had the lead role in the Fall Play, was a morning announcement anchor and even got to give a speech at our graduation. In other a words, Jojo was a girl who seemed to be good at almost everything and everyone liked her. I, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. While I had my share of accomplishments in high school, such as being a member of Tri-M music honorary, I was a very shy and introverted individual who was never confident in social situations. I rarely interacted with my classmates in high school and only really had one good friend. So I never thought I could be friends with someone as outgoing and confident as Jojo. However, God had other plans.
A few years later, I began seeing Jojo at my church. She was hired as the youth minister and was a member of the church worship band. I will admit that this was a bit surprising to me. Back in high school, Jojo had such a bright future ahead of her as a writer or filmaker. But instead she ended up becoming the youth minister at a small Lutheran church. However, there was no denying that Jojo was fantastic at her job. She was incredibly strong in her faith in God and was such a positive role model to all the children and teens she was teaching. Everyone at church seemed to really like her and she became one of the most well known members of our congregation. Meanwhile, I was still an introvert who was often uncomfortable in social situations. So Jojo still seemed like an unlikely friend for me. However, little did I know that this would all change in a few years.
To be continued...
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