Joyfully At Home

 

I was trying to be charming.


There was a group of teenagers gathered around talking about something I can't quite remember now. What I do remember was that I was fourteen, and that I was nervous. And then one of the coolest guys I knew turned towards me and flashed a smile that made me even more uncomfortable. And so I did the inevitable, ridiculous thing that insecure teenage girls are supposed to do in situations like those: I turned to walk coolly away from the conversation... and I ran into a wall.

Yes.


In front of the coolest guy I knew... I ran into a wall.

What made it worse was that he immediately rushed over, eyes wide: "Are you okay?"

I wasn't okay. I felt the beginnings of a splitting headache. But it was nothing compared to the humiliation that I knew would linger long after I left the company of my peers. I ran into a wall!

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I have found a new daily-reading blog. It's called Joyfully At Home. The lady is awesome...and she's Voddie Baucham's daughter. That was a snippet from the post I read today on her blog. You guys should definitely go check it out and add her to your blog list.