Today has been amazing! I could not have hoped for a better surprise than the one that awaited me at church; one of my best friends, Chandler, was finally home! I've known this kid for a long time now, and I absolutely love him, but he's been in Georgia for about a year now I think and I couldn't talk to him. We've had highs and lows in our friendship, but always been sincere through it all. He's only home for a week, but I'm glad to have him back in my life even for such a short amount of time. He comes home for good in August, and I'm SOOO excited! I think I literally started screaming when I saw him.

More than being reunited with a best friend (a term which I dont take lightly or give freely), I learned something about myself; My overly-forgiving attitude is not necessarily a bad thing. I always hated that about myself, how I let people screw me over time and again and just forgave and let them back into my life. For once, it's paid off, and so I think it's all worth it. If I hadn't forgiven Chandler for some of the things in the past (which I will NOT get into), then I wouldn't be able to call him my friend today. I wouldn't be able to celebrate with him, and talk, and cheer him on, and be proud of him as I am now. Maybe being forgiving has caused me a lot of pain in the past, but I see even just this one friendship was salvaged because of that, and it makes all the other times of risking and losing worth it.

I'm so happy to have him home, and so proud of all he's accomplished and how far he's come! We've been through (and put each other through) alot together, and it just goes to prove that forgiveness in friendship is  worth the risk of being hurt again =]
~Rocky