Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my loved ones!
I'm leaving for Tokyo in 3 days...as Dawn said, the countdown has begun! Aside from seeing two of my dearest friends who live in Tokyo, spending New Years Eve with some of my favorite people in the world and just enjoying the general splendor that is Tokyo, I'm excited about the fact that...after five months...I'm actually going to get my hair cut.
Dawn found a English speaking salon - and we'll be heading there immediately after we get off the train in Tokyo. Nothing like starting the New Year with a fabulous new do.
Speaking of Dawn - she recently had the audacity to be thoughtful enough to write me a beautiful card for Christmas, so I've decided that the only way I can hope to reciprocate is to make a public announcement of how dear this girl is to me. So here goes...
Before I left for Japan, the one thing I prayed more fervently about than anything (besides not dying on the plane ride over) was that God would pick the perfect person to be my co-worker. It's scary to think that you'll be spending a year with one person who will probably be the ONLY person in your town who speaks English. And what God brought me was more than I had even thought to ask for. In four months, Dawn has become one of my best friends. She is witty, charming, funny, intelligent, hard-working, gorgeous and adventerous.
She's become my partner in crime for everything...from an afternoon romp through Okazaki park, to a mysterious grape picking outing with people we don't even know, to endless inappropriate conversations at work to just laying on my bedroom floor laughing 'til our sides hurt. In these last few months...I've been through a lot. I am certain God knew I would be and that I would need a companion like Dawn to be there with me to listen to my fears and concerns, to literally pick up the pen when I didn't know what to write, to offer advice (whether in the more ethereal or just...grabbing my arm and showing me) and to help me see that I'm not alone or crazy (though perhaps a bit of a moron).
In case she doesn't realize it - I adore her, pray for her everyday and (as she said) will be there for her, no matter what happens.
So there. Now she knows. And so does everyone else.
Goodnight. :)
3 comments:
Aww. How sweet of you! Big hugs are coming your way, lover! Can you imagine how boring these last four months would have been for us if we didn't have all those inappropriate conversations at work? What would we do with all of our time? Work?! Eh, nope! By the way, I love you, too.
You know that when Dawn comes back to the Denver area she now has 2 families in the area. :)
She is just going to have to come and visit with us now. If I know my mother (and I usually do) she is definitely welcome!
Elizabeth
What a wonderful tribute to Dawn and I'm sure she deserves every word of it. Thank you, Dawn, for helping me not to be so concerned for Arden now that I know she has such a good friend. I hope you two have a great time in Tokyo and I wish you both a Happy New Year! Love, Gramma
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