For some reason, this video brought tears to my eyes. I guess because it was so unexpected to the customers and such an expression of happiness and joyful expression by those performing, I couldn't help thinking that if we could approach life like this, approach each other like this, the world could be just as happy as the people who found themselves witness to it.

Ahhhh.... Sean and Ian have left for the morning to go to Busch Gardens. I was going to clean or do laundry, but now I've decided to do my prenatal yoga and work on my jewelery. I'm going to put the stereo on to my classical music station and start making a necklace that's been on my mind for a few weeks now. And, I'm going to be uninterrupted! Other than my baby girl giving me heck with unrelenting kicking, it's going to be blissfully quiet.

Yesterday I was reminded why I do the job I do.

I was getting someone out of Jail yesterday to take him back to his placement. He is someone whom I violated and ultimately put in jail. We had three hearings about the situation and I testified at all of them, so I was a little nervous about how he'd be when I picked him up. He had responded appropriately to me in Court, but you just never know how people (especially unmedicated mentally ill people) will act at any given moment!

When the deputy brought him to the release area he smiled at me, held out his hand for me to shake, and said, "It's great to see you, Jenn. Thank you for coming to get me."

As we drove away he was quiet for a few minutes. I let him be, and he finally cleared his throat. "Jenn," he said,"I want you to know how much I appreciate all you've done for me. Standing beside you in Court was an honor. I heard you speaking in support of me, and I heard how you continued to speak even when the counter opinions were offered. You didn't back down and I admire your firm determination in my cause. I want you to know, God's honest truth, that if you ever need help in any way, if you ever need anything at all, you can come to me and I'd help you no matter what the cost."

Pregnancy hormones or not, I cried.

 

It's my second "official" Aloha Friday! I'll ask a question, you answer and leave your link, and I'll hop over to answer yours. To join the fun, visit www.islandlife808.com and jump in.

What if you found out your friend lied to you about something important? Would you "forgive and forget," or hold on to it in the back of your mind? Would you confront them, or just see how it played out?

For myself, I'd have to say I'd hold on to it, depending on how close I was with this person, because I believe once someone lies there's either something wrong with the relationship or wrong with them. Usually I won't confront lies/liars because I find that when I don't the lies come out anyways or get so convoluted that the person lying ends up stressing far more than my face-to-face would have ever caused!