The Bittersweet Ending
Published by J. M. Adkison under on 10:26 PM
The end has come. The end of the beginning. The end of what might possibly have been the greatest academic year of my life. The end of the beginning of my time at Harding University.
That's right folks, my freshman year has come to an end and, my goodness, it was EPIC!
Here are some highlights of this past epic year that will live forever on in the Life and Times of J.M. Adkison, in sorta-chronilogical order:
1.My good friends Eric Suddeath and Laura and Adam and Josh and a few other people going on stage for a very talented hypnotist, who had the super-strong Eric prancing around in a princess hat with a magic wand, had Jake giving birth to his best friend, Laura just smiling sweetly, and Josh translating what an alien-girl said in a perfect imitation of C-3PO.
2.Going to Heber with Devon, Rose, Laura and Brandon-jumping from a forty-foot cliff and convincing Devon and Rose to jump into the water in their clothes (they failed to bring swimsuits)
3.PLEDGE WEEK-'nuff said.
4.Getting into BOX-a little gift from God, giving me the brothers I never had but always wanted.
5.PTP Winter Semi-Formal with the dashing Emma Poe-dancing in the car to Cascada, trying to not knock down paintings in the museum, pondering why a picture of a line was $25,000, hangin' out at Sonic and of course...waiting to see zombies at the graveyard at midnight-but no such luck.
6.Going to Colette's grandparents' farm with Colette, Becca and Daniel-getting to chase peacocks, eat REALLY good food and feeding Big Momma (the cow).
7.Going to Daniel's house with a whole slew of rock-awesome people to help clean up the charming town of Padeucha, KY. Plus, we got to watch Space Jam.
8.The Valentines Day hike with Kellum and Co., which is a delightful menagerie of kind-spirited, but mentally warped homosapiens trying to redefine their respected realities (so, naturally, I fit right in). The hike was, for the lack of a better term, a BLAST!
9.Going to the Chi-O broomball function with the delightful Darah, much earlier in the year, to play on the highly-skilled Reindeer team. My antlers were complimentary of Spencers-right next to the weird costume section, which were not for Halloween I later found out.
10.But of course, the Natick Campaign-a fun-filled mission trip to Natick, Mass with a great group of people led by the legendary Jeremy Dagget. There are many words I could use to describe this trip-in fact would probably need a whole separate post for it-but I shall put it into sub-points.
a. Directing traffic-not an easy task with limited parking
b. Meals on Wheels excursion with a bright old man who drove like a maniac.
c. Pulling/Eating organic veggies for an organic farm.
d. Singing at a BILLION nursing homes
e. Freedom Trail in Boston
f. Three story Abercrombie and Fitch!!!
g. Ice Skating in Boston
h. Natick Youth Rally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I. "I like...to catch them"
11. Repelling with Andrew (see Hanging By a Thread)
12. Dancing at the Daily Citizen-Yes, Harding kids do know how to dance!
13. The Rescue-spending the night in the parking lot at War Memorial Stadium for a good cause-go to the Invisible Children website to learn more about the Rescue.
14. And to finish it all off on a good note, winning the dance competition at the BOX spring formal-with my signature dance-"The Lotion"
15. Oh, and how could I forget, 5:00 dinners with the crew.
And thus, my year comes to an end-an end I never thought would really come. I am excited to go home, see the family and no longer worry about finals-but the ugly creature known as Distance will once again come between friends for three months. Good thing I've got a pretty good pack of friends up in Maine. But alas, Harding University and Gorham, ME are two places that will never collide.
Time seems to be stealing these great and epic moments, taking them from the present and giving them to the past.
Time is a cruel creature-it moans and slows when we ask it to move faster and then decides to make the great, epic moments become past rather than present in no time.
We enjoy the good times, but the good times are finite things that have short life spans.
Which is one of the reasons why Heaven will be so great. It is a single, epic moment preserved perfectly in the present, no past or future, just that blissful moment we ask to stay and does. Death is not there to kill those we love, sin is not there to defeat our joy and time and space is not there to keep these moments from flying by.
Heaven gives a whole new meaning to the term "BFF."
I guess that is why this is a bittersweet ending-leaving the glorious moments of Harding for the comfort and beauty of Maine summer.
That's right folks, my freshman year has come to an end and, my goodness, it was EPIC!
Here are some highlights of this past epic year that will live forever on in the Life and Times of J.M. Adkison, in sorta-chronilogical order:
1.My good friends Eric Suddeath and Laura and Adam and Josh and a few other people going on stage for a very talented hypnotist, who had the super-strong Eric prancing around in a princess hat with a magic wand, had Jake giving birth to his best friend, Laura just smiling sweetly, and Josh translating what an alien-girl said in a perfect imitation of C-3PO.
2.Going to Heber with Devon, Rose, Laura and Brandon-jumping from a forty-foot cliff and convincing Devon and Rose to jump into the water in their clothes (they failed to bring swimsuits)
3.PLEDGE WEEK-'nuff said.
4.Getting into BOX-a little gift from God, giving me the brothers I never had but always wanted.
5.PTP Winter Semi-Formal with the dashing Emma Poe-dancing in the car to Cascada, trying to not knock down paintings in the museum, pondering why a picture of a line was $25,000, hangin' out at Sonic and of course...waiting to see zombies at the graveyard at midnight-but no such luck.
6.Going to Colette's grandparents' farm with Colette, Becca and Daniel-getting to chase peacocks, eat REALLY good food and feeding Big Momma (the cow).
7.Going to Daniel's house with a whole slew of rock-awesome people to help clean up the charming town of Padeucha, KY. Plus, we got to watch Space Jam.
8.The Valentines Day hike with Kellum and Co., which is a delightful menagerie of kind-spirited, but mentally warped homosapiens trying to redefine their respected realities (so, naturally, I fit right in). The hike was, for the lack of a better term, a BLAST!
9.Going to the Chi-O broomball function with the delightful Darah, much earlier in the year, to play on the highly-skilled Reindeer team. My antlers were complimentary of Spencers-right next to the weird costume section, which were not for Halloween I later found out.
10.But of course, the Natick Campaign-a fun-filled mission trip to Natick, Mass with a great group of people led by the legendary Jeremy Dagget. There are many words I could use to describe this trip-in fact would probably need a whole separate post for it-but I shall put it into sub-points.
a. Directing traffic-not an easy task with limited parking
b. Meals on Wheels excursion with a bright old man who drove like a maniac.
c. Pulling/Eating organic veggies for an organic farm.
d. Singing at a BILLION nursing homes
e. Freedom Trail in Boston
f. Three story Abercrombie and Fitch!!!
g. Ice Skating in Boston
h. Natick Youth Rally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I. "I like...to catch them"
11. Repelling with Andrew (see Hanging By a Thread)
12. Dancing at the Daily Citizen-Yes, Harding kids do know how to dance!
13. The Rescue-spending the night in the parking lot at War Memorial Stadium for a good cause-go to the Invisible Children website to learn more about the Rescue.
14. And to finish it all off on a good note, winning the dance competition at the BOX spring formal-with my signature dance-"The Lotion"
15. Oh, and how could I forget, 5:00 dinners with the crew.
And thus, my year comes to an end-an end I never thought would really come. I am excited to go home, see the family and no longer worry about finals-but the ugly creature known as Distance will once again come between friends for three months. Good thing I've got a pretty good pack of friends up in Maine. But alas, Harding University and Gorham, ME are two places that will never collide.
Time seems to be stealing these great and epic moments, taking them from the present and giving them to the past.
Time is a cruel creature-it moans and slows when we ask it to move faster and then decides to make the great, epic moments become past rather than present in no time.
We enjoy the good times, but the good times are finite things that have short life spans.
Which is one of the reasons why Heaven will be so great. It is a single, epic moment preserved perfectly in the present, no past or future, just that blissful moment we ask to stay and does. Death is not there to kill those we love, sin is not there to defeat our joy and time and space is not there to keep these moments from flying by.
Heaven gives a whole new meaning to the term "BFF."
I guess that is why this is a bittersweet ending-leaving the glorious moments of Harding for the comfort and beauty of Maine summer.
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