About Me Name: Megan Radford
Age: 19
Faves: reading, rollerblading, writing, the ocean, hibiscuses, forget-me-nots, the scent of plumeria flowers
Movies: The Man in the Iron Mask, A Knight's Tale, Hidalgo, Amistad, Batman Begins, Pride and Prejudice, Sahara
Music: dc Talk, Swithchfoot, Starfield, Jeremy Camp
Actors: Viggo Mortenson, Keira Knightly, Audrey Hepburn
Books: Glastonbury, The Hawk and the Dove, The Princess, Watership Down, Jesus Freaks, Ragamuffin Prayers, Little Women
Spread the word! Meg is blogging for the first time in 4 months! By now everyone has probably given up on me, but I guess I'm just full of surprises haha. So we've finally graduated people. Took us long enough I know...I felt so left behind two years ago and last year when so many of our friends were "moving on"...And this year I was consoling some of my younger friends (Roxanne hehe) because it's my turn to leave them behind. What an odd feeling. But then, there have been a lot of odd feelings going around since May. The entire dynamics of my class changed with the Europe tour and grad trip. Suddenly different people were close to different people, and it really messed up the "system" we had going there...Also, we seemed to be suddenly talking to people we hadn't talked to all year. I'm glad for that...It feels much better graduating with people you've actually spoken to hehe. And then there was the craziness of last-minute ISPs and exams. And now we can officially call ourselves adults. I think my parents are adjusting better than me haha. There are just weird times...Like last night when I asked my mom if I could get a second hole in my ear. She looked at me and then I realized that I don't really have to ask her. I'm 18...I technically am on my own now. Of course, I'm still living with my parents next year, but I don't HAVE to. Am I making any sense? Oh, and then there's the fact that they let me go on a co-ed canoe trip without any adults...Well I guess we are adults...But you know older people! Now that felt pretty good to have them trust me like that. And it was a total blast! I think I needed to do it to prove to myself that my friends and I could make it on our own in the "wild" and not get lost, tip our canoes, get eaten by bears etc. It was amazing...Especially swimming at dusk, with the sky turning different shades of rose in the distance and the cool water so clear you could see your feet dangling below you. Amazingly, my arms don't really hurt. So working out actually does pay off haha! My family's support is at 84%! Praise the Lord! I am so excited for next year, it is going to be such an adventure. When I think about those tears back in grade 10....How I had to just trust that God would be faithful...I am in awe that He has given me my dream. Mrs Smith was right when she said that God had placed me in Toronto for a reason. If I had stayed in Senegal like I wanted to, I would not have been able to go on the Europe tour. And in the end, God was faithful...I just had to be patient. Patient is something I definitely am not. Recently there has been something else where I have to once again be patient. I have to cling to God and trust that once more He will be faithful. It is really taking discipline, and sometimes it is just no fun, but I hope and pray it will be worth it. But, as usual, God sent a friend to remind me of a few things:
"No eye has seen No ear has heard No mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him." 1 Cor 2:9
"He has made everything beautiful in its time." Ecclesiastes 3:11
Oh, and another thing I have to be patient about is those A.E. people. When are they going to call me back? Can I last that long? (Please God let me get the job)!
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