saturday i celebrated christmas with my dear shalina - well - i should say we ATTEMPTED to celebrate christmas. i live in southern california - a place where people absolutely FREAK if it starts to rain - because they liken themselves to Noah {who had never seen rain} or the Wicked Witch of the West {who melted when she got wet}. shalina and craig live in Tustin {which is a WHOLE 18 miles away, MAYBE} and it took me almost an hour to get there...so...we didn't get to open gifts BEFORE our adventure. BUST. almost as soon as i got there we headed OUT THE DOOR to make it to the 12:40 showing of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. we accidentally went to the Tustin Marketplace instead of the Irvine Marketplace {they are LITERALLY across the street from each other - i do NOT understand!} but still managed to get our tickets and make it in well before the movie began. we had UBER YUM snacks {s'mores - i'll include the recipe for that somday - it might be my personal FAVORITE} and the movie was INCREDIBLE. i LOVED it!
i think i appreciate the Narnia series and really anything by C.S.Lewis SO MUCH MORE now that I've been to his house and experienced a taste of his world. God gave him an INCREDIBLE gift - this movie was PACKED with symbolism and nuggets of truth. i think it's sad that likely most of the population doesn't realize the true significance represented throughout the films...there is SO MUCH HOPE. anyway, the movie ended a bit later than we anticipated so we RUSHED out of the theatre to get shalina home and OUT THE DOOR again for her volleyball game {which ended up being cancelled. BUST!}. i ripped into my package before leaving her house and was THRILLED to find an AMAZING necklace and a BEAUTIFUL cowel-neck scarf...SO CUTE...i might have already worn it! ha! SURPRISE SURPRISE! she had to save her gifts for later - so we hugged - and said goodbye. shalina and i lived the entirety of 2010 together...i really can't believe it has ONLY been a year. she is definitely one of my nearest and dearest and i am beyong thankful and blessed to count her my friend. she added some merry to my Christmas for sure...and i sincerely hope i will be able to say that for YEARS to come!!
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I totally agree with you! After being in his home (and swinging on his tree swing) I get so much more excited about anything CS Lewis. I feel like I know him now :)
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