Bridal Shower, Old People and More!

I went to Belinda's Bridal Shower last weekend and got to spend time with some old friends from high school. Brandon and Belinda will be married in just two weeks ... it's crazy!!

On another note, senior citizens are so stinkin' awesome. Emilie and I were eating lunch together earlier this week and an entire golf cart of really old people drove by on their way to the grocery store - it was so amazing that it took my breath away ... we had to stop talking for a moment. Then, I was at Souplantation watching an incredibly old couple that was standing in line in front of me. The husband was explaining some uninteresting political information with his wife and she was actually interested. And then she decided to put on her blue cardigan (he was already wearing his matching yellow cardigan) but she couldn't get her arm into the hole. So her husband, a man who is SO frail and can barely stand on his own two legs, hobbled over to her and held the sweater while she put her arm in the hole. It was SO precious!! I was also talking to Fiona earlier in the week and she said her neighbor had passed away ... this is very sad news because Fiona had actually become good friends with this old woman. Fiona heard piano playing coming from the apartment below her and went to check it out - that's when she met Katherine, a 94 year old pianist. Fiona (and her visitors) frequently visited Katherine and enjoyed her piano playing skills. I only wish I could have met her too!

Lastly, after Jon Owens posted about the possibility of Magic Mountain being shut down, Charlotte, Nicole and I began discussing what would happen if Christians opened their own amusement park ... we could have a ride similar to It's a Small World but it would be called "It's a Big Ark" - you would ride around the ocean in Noah's Ark while animals sang to you from the shore. Or one could enjoy the highest rollercoaster in the world, "Ascend the Hill of the Lord." OR, my personal favorite ... instead of riding teacups there would be a Communion Cup Ride!