a loss for words

i had a great weekend with great people.
felt sad when they all left.
it's a weird problem i face every time i spend time with people from my old "home." i can't wait to see them, i have a great time with them, and then i bawl my eyes out when they leave. it's not that i really want to move back to OH. it's not that i don't love my life in Chicago. i'm not sure i can explain it. but it really does happen every time. it is that they're good people and so plesant to be around. this time i'm referring to my most recent visitors. heath, matthew and jared. but i could list off many more, those good friends that feel like family. a personality or a feel that comes with a group. its like insta-friend. does that make sense? i know this has nothing to do with me, but i AM super-blessed! this "blessed by people" thing is a theme in my life. i feel that way all the time. how in the world could i know, love, and be loved by so many great people? so i'll go back to the theme word: overwhelmed.

anyway. mary and i were talking last night about how much we loved that our house was full of people for the weekend. people that are easy to be around. people that are comfortable and safe. and how that's what we want our house to be.
a place where people come.
where people are welcome.
where people leave feeling blessed by friends.
where people make connections with other people.
no more of this trying to keep up with a friend from this part of life and a friend from that part of life... lets put them all together.
lets build a safe enviornment where we can all just let our hair down and be real and be love.

this IS possible you know. so onward and upward. time to continue building community.
so to all those who read this: our house is your house. for real.

erin, laura and jen. it was great to meet you. come again.
kat and mary. i love you and am continually blessed by how our lives connect.
heath, matthew and jared. my roommates and i just love you. please come again.

i put pictures up from the weekend too. check 'em out.