Memories I won't forget..(4)

1 - Once when I was younger, my family stayed at this resort in Virginia. I was probably about seven. I wasn't a legit swimmer yet, but I LOVED to jump into the resort's pool. My dad would always catch me and make sure that I didn't drown. Of course, I wasn't jumping into 10 ft. deep water or anything. More like four ft., but the pool was one of those ones that sloped downward and gradually got deeper. Anyway, I jumped and jumped and jumped. My dad always caught me. At the time, my little sister Rachie (two or so) was fascinated with water as well. She decided that she wanted to jump into the "big kid" pool like me. At the same time that I was jumping in. My dad told me to "hang on" while he went and grabbed toddler Rachie. It only took a few seconds before I was gurgling water, sputtering, struggling to get above the 4.5 ft. water. I couldn't believe it. I'd been left to die. I was gonna drown. Rachie's life was somehow more valuable than mine. But, of course, I was saved in time and lived to tell the tale. On a personal level, this event was HUGE for me. It's probably 75% of the reason that I'm not a real trusting person. People WILL let you down. People that are close to you WILL let you down. Sometimes, they're in control of it. Sometimes they aren't. Nevertheless, it WILL happen.

2 - First girls' Bible study lake trip. Such a good time. It was so relaxing. We sat around in our bathing suits all day. Ate LOADS of food. Walked out the back door and jumped into the lake whenever we wanted. Went tubing. Oh, and at night, we watched the summer Olympics. Including, but not limited to, Ryan Lochte. Um. Could it get much better? Nah. I don't think so.

An ironic gift that Anna Shelley made me. Little did she know how much I'd need to 'keep calm'.

3 - My seventeenth birthday party! WOW! What a night. It's been five months, but again, I'd like to thank my part-time-Memphis-dwelling friend Rachel for planning an AMAZING party. I will NEVER forget that night. It was the first time I crashed a car. Yup. On the weekend of my birthday. I guess I was feeling super confident. You know. That "I'm seventeen. I'm on top of the world. I'm invincible!" kind of feeling. Long story short, I backed out of a parking space like a character out of Fast and Furious and slammed into the brick carport of my church parking lot. In my parents car. That was only two months old to us. 2010 Pathfinder. There were plenty of tears. I was in utter shock. How could something like that possibly happen to me? Nevermind that. How could it happen to me during my birthday party? Not to mention, I was in front of ALL of my guy friends who already thought I was one of the worlds' worst drivers. Yay.

But, they were gracious.

They took the front bumper off (which was hanging by a 'thread') and put it into the trunk for me while I was incoherently sobbing. There were plenty of hugs and comforting things said. I went to Rachel's house where I still had what has been my BEST birthday to date. They were and ARE great friends. They made me forget what possibly could've been the worst and most careless thing that I've ever done. They helped me enjoy my night.

Sure, the morning after was kinda rough. But, I'm still alive today, haha. And the car did get fixed. Eventually.

Fixed Pathfinder. 

4 - Joshua Jones. I guess I really shouldn't write about this, but when have I ever followed social protocol? I will never forget (or regret) being "in love" with Joshua Jones. But more than that, I won't forget the silliness and even..friendships that came from it. Over the course of four years, I've never been more teased. But, I've also never laughed so hard either. I think, after awhile, I knew I didn't really like *like* Joshua. I liked the fun liking him brought. Laughing for hours with Morgan and Caroline..I think it was almost worth it. Today, we're good friends. He's in a relationship. I'm not. But, ten years from now, I know I'll still remember being cray cray about Joshua Jones:P

Yup. Joshua.