Janna's Ugly Wedding

This weekend I drove many miles for yet another wedding. But this wasn’t just any normal road trip and it wasn’t just any wedding. The road trip was a long one by myself. Turns out Georgetown, SC is not the most direct place to get to. The roads of corn or rice or whatever was growing in them were plenty, the gas stations were few, and there was literally a church on every corner. I passed a sketchy building that had a sign on the side that said, “Hell is no joke. Turn to Jesus” with a joker picture on it. What is that? I passed through several towns that I didn’t know existed such as Delzell, and when not having my glasses on thought it was Denzel and got really excited because I love him. Georgetown, however, is a lovely little town and Janna and Jonny Sharp had a lovely wedding. Before the wedding, Grace and I had lunch out by the waterfront on the roof of the restaurant, looking out at sailboats and listening to Jason Mraz on the radio. That’s what I wish my life was like every single day. The coolest part of the wedding was how the pastors told stories about Janna and Jonny, about how they served together at 6am at church, how he waited 2 years until her Dad told her she could date and they’ve been together since. All the stories of how God worked out the actual wedding day process was just unreal and it made it even more clear that the Sharps are a couple that God sees as better together than apart. I love to be at those weddings. To watch two people who aren’t walking down the aisle to happiness or in worship of each other but to yet another way to glorify God and in worship to Him. Because for two people who put Jesus first, that’s what marriage is. It’s a way to show this messed up world how much God loves it, and the Sharps are going to do that. I was excited to see the start of that and to be reminded of what God intended marriage for (because I’m not so secretly getting tired of weddings these days.) One of my best pals in the world, Brooke Currie, got engaged last weekend and I can’t wait to be a part of that day as well. To watch her marry a freaking awesome dude and be the hottest and most fun wife ever. Weddings are sometimes brutal and I never want to do the electric slide again in my entire life, but marriages that please Jesus are the coolest. Not only will their kids have superhero names (because their parents do), but I’m pretty sure #SharpWedding was trending nationwide on Saturday.

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What a great friend...
Caitlin: "When you bring Cali to Wilmington, she can swim in the ocean while you're out on the surfboard! Ok, I'm going to make all of that happen for you."

As We Go On, We Remember...

Hey friends, remember that time we all graduated from college and got real jobs and then our souls died a little bit?  I just keep reading facebook post after tweet about the upcoming graduations and how sad life is.  Leaving roommates, leaving friends, leaving town, leaving Kinard.  It's all sad.  But it's funny how for 4 years you do nothing but complain about school and how much sleep you lost and how much you hate it, except for when it comes time to peace out.  Then you realize college was the best years of your life, you met the coolest people you'll ever meet, and that exam really didn't matter that much.  A year ago today, I graduated for the second time and I remember feeling like I could breathe again.  I was so proud of myself for literally just surviving those two years and glad that somehow the chair of the department found my thesis worthy of graduation (truth is, she probably didn't. She just likes me).  Still a year later, I never want to see another scholarly article on sports law again in my life.  What I've noticed lately is the typical american/human who can't wait to get it all over with but then cries for days after it's over.  I remember thinking that the real world couldn't come soon enough.  And when the real world slapped me in my face with bills, no job, and no roommate, I wanted college back so fast.  I'm pumped for the kids that are graduating in the coming hours/days.  And I wish I could stand up at graduation and tell them that the real world is scary at first (job or no job) and that you more than likely will be more poor than you were in college but mostly everyone survives.  And to all the parents out there, don't go spend all your money on a beach house in Florida on this big day.  That college grad will still need your wallet for years to come.  Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything.