A snapshot to put in my internal scrapbook

As I mentioned yesterday, Yom Kippur ends today at sundown. Since there are no businesses open and no one driving, it's a day where all you can really do is sit around. I was sitting on a chair, half watching the movie Mary and Eylon are watching, and half reading the Dark Tower book I'm on, and realized it was one of those times where I want to freeze frame life and file the picture away in my mind to remember as long as I have the presence of mind to do so. I think I mentioned something similar to this in July or August before I left the States...and I thought it'd be nice to review a few of the most recent and most pleasant mental scrapbook pages:



- Melissa Kuder and I, coming back from somewhere, listening to loud music in the car (can't remember if it was her car or mine) and having a great time

- Riding in the car with Haley (and probably Lottie and Daive) going to one of any variety of places in Dothan, or to Gainesville, or to Graceville, listening to Norah Jones and talking about anything and everything

- Eating cheese dip at La Bamba's with Dr. Fazio

- Sitting with Alex in his living room the day before he left, watching the rain

- Bethany and I, in her car, driving somewhere together...talking, or not (this scene happened THOUSANDS of times, at least, I'm sure) :)



I think it's amazing to think about how many truly wonderfully pleasant moments like this I have. It's so easy, especially for me, to get so preoccupied with the really crappy times and dramatize my life so that it becomes a worrisome thing, but life is, overall (and only by the grace of God) something I'm really glad to have.



There have been more than the one snapshot moment from today since I've been here in Israel. There were quite a few of them when I was in Jerusalem. I usually have one at least once a week, since the #10 bus I take from school back into town goes through Old Jaffa, and has THE most amazing view of Tel Aviv (I'm going to remember to take my camera one day and take pictures, I promise). And of course, last night is one picture I don't think I'll ever forget (streets empty of cars and full of people, kids, and dogs). Life can be so pleasant. That's nice.