February 15, 2026 - Sunday


It was my morning to serve at CT, so we all went today. Ben was dreading it because he feels like he needs to sit with our HC, but he is feeling super awkward because he won't talk to anyone in HC about what he's feeling about church. I feel for him. On the one hand, he feels like he's so open and willing to talk, but on the other, he has such a limited amount of topics he's willing to actually discuss and barely any of them have anything to do with his feelings! So he's alienating himself from a group of people he loves because he's perceiving disapproval...when most of them probably have no idea what's even going on. And maybe they will disapprove, but if he loves them, he should give them that chance. At least that's my opinion. I agree that it's hard to talk about, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't. He gave conversation a half-hearted attempt, he said, and hung out with HC for about 10 minutes afterward, but waited in the car for me to finish up after that. 

When we got home, we all ate lunch and then played a game together. We had a lot of fun! It was exactly like we imagined games with the family would be and we all enjoyed it so much. I don't know why we don't do it more. What is wrong with us?? Us adults, that is. 

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