May 25, 2025 - Sunday


We went to CT this morning, which was good. The teaching felt pretty relevant to something I've been giving a lot of thought to. I've been facing an internal struggle about Ashley and my friend Alisha, too. Ashley didn't hurt me, but she repels me in some ways, and I would rather not be her friend. Alisha hurt me. She felt overwhelmed in life and needed to cut some things out. I didn't make the cut! I literally texted her like once every two weeks. It's hard to understand how I added to her overwhelm and it made me feel absolutely valueless as a friend. Now she wants to pick things up where we left off, like she never cut me out of her life! It's very hard for me in both of these cases to be friends with them. I feel like God is pushing Ashley toward me over and over again, so I'm going to try. I think I'll forgive Alisha too and it makes me feel like I'm letting people walk all over me. It's stupid though, and so unlike Jesus. I need to be better than I am, so I'm going to push myself. 

After CT was really just a lot of cleaning. We're having a million people over tomorrow (actually about 50), but it wasn't really related to that. I just have a bunch that I want to get done to start the summer off with a fresh start and my parents are coming in a few days, and I always feel compelled to clean stuff when they're coming. I did get a lot accomplished though! I also prepped my potato salad, which is one of my favorite things I make for parties. I love it so much but it takes so much work!! We did take the kids to the pool for a bit today. Haha unsurprisingly, we had it nearly to ourselves! 

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