You and Shmo are now friends

This week/weekend I have really been working on my social skills. The first setting was a Valentine's day event full of artistic expressions of God's love. It was absolutely phenomenal. The individuals that participated on the program were so amazing, and talking to a few of them afterward was so nice to talk to some peers that also love God and are unashamed of expressing that. I talked with three people I didn't know before, and I have graduated to fb friends with all of them (baby steps). I was really nervous as soon as the show was over and people started mingling. I knew quite a few people there, so I started off saying hi to the ones I already knew. I could feel myself getting anxious as I approached the last person in the room that I am already friends with. They were talking to one of the performers, so I figured if nothing else, I could talk about their piece.

It was a very smooth take off and landing from the moment I reached out my hand and said "wow, you're poem was awesome!" I was genuinely amazed by their poem, so the words slid out my mouth naturally, and it was, surprisingly, not awkward.

There seems to be hope for me after all.