Last Words

To say that 2009 has been a crazy year would be a bit of an understatement. It has definitely been filled with many happy moments; celebrating the "happily-ever-afters" of many friends and getting to do some truly fulfilling work in the professional sense. But it has also been marked by moments of sadness and shock; some weird health issues and just today, losing my Uncle Joe.

It has all been very unexpected. He was younger than my dad and in what seemed to be good health. Always the quieter one among his brothers and sister, he would always join in the family fun and laughter at gatherings. I remember moments, as a child, having him bring me on trips to McDonald's to get a Happy Meal. And as I got older, I never told him this (one of those moments of regret), but I was SO thankful that he was a faithful believer and hoped that we would be able to speak of God's Grace to our family together.

And so, 2009 has its permanent place in my heart. Rest in Peace Uncle Joe. I will surely and deeply miss you. I pray that the comfort of knowing that you are with the Lord in heaven will only bring Glory to God and also be used to draw our family to a knowledge of Christ's saving grace.

This is definitely not how I expected 2009 to end. I can only hope that 2010 will be filled with happy tears.

So as a 3L, this has been the most relaxed finals I've had. I'd like to think that its because I'm not longer frightened by the process but I have a sneaky feeling its because I no longer care. These grades won't affect my class standing and really, I'm more interested in hands-on experience at this point. Either way, its a major case of "senioritis". Or..."law school-itis"?

p.s.
My engineer friend, Josh, is making me test his geeky programming inventions. I'm posting this from this weird window on my desktop.