| | I couldn't sum up the last 3 months in anything less than an essay, and xanga isn't for essays. I could write a book about it, and to be honest, it would probably be a fairly interesting read.
August 7: Micah Eberhard, killed at age 20, in an automobile accident.
While we were at the hospital, early the next morning, Annie, Teresa and I were talking outside the ICU. Annie said about nursing: "I can't go back. I hate hospitals now."
I said: "Funny thing, it has the opposite effects on us. You want to get out, and I want to get in."
August 18: Saturday afternoon, Annie, Brad and I were talking at church. In the midst of our conversation, Annie looks at me and says, with more seriousness than I was anticipating, "Nic, you need to become a doctor."
Bam. The ball started rolling. Sunday, I was enamored with the idea. Writing down my thoughts, instead of paying attention to the sermon. I told a few of my closest friends. Monday, I told others, but only a few. I was emotionally a wreck, completely consumed with this new idea. But I kept telling myself "It's just a fad, it'll go away." But it didn't.
August 27 1 week and 2 days after Annie had dropped the bomb, I was driving home from Indiana, calling a few of my friends, and getting their feedback. Then, right there in the car, somewhere between Fort Wayne, Indiana and Wooster, Ohio, I declared to God and to the people in the car next to me (if they heard me, which they might have) that I was GOING TO DO IT! And that was it. The idea hasn't died. I have only grown stronger in Christ than I ever have been before. And I've only grown fonder of the idea every moment.
Life is full, life is tough. It's tough to deal with death, plain and simple. But Micah's with God, now. And I want to do the will of the Father who has sent me the gift of inspiration.
I'm currently learning the ropes of being a Christian led by the Holy Spirit, and WOW that's tough. A friend described it as being on a treadmill: If you quit running, you fly off. You've got to stay on top of things, you've got to stay on guard. |
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