Adorable

Tonight I saw one of the sweetest things I've seen in my entire life and I just wanted to document it really quickly. So I am involved in a thing here at BYU called Best Buddies. It's where you get matched up with mentally challenged people and hangout with them, call them, and attend activities with them once a month. It seriously is one of the best things I've ever done. They really are just the sweetest spirits and being with them makes me genuinely happy. Tonight was the Best Buddies Ball for the entire state of Utah. My friend Mindy is also in Best Buddies so we drove together to the ball with our buddies. Her buddy's name is Rachel and she is severely handicapped and has a wheel chair. When we got to the Ball there was lots of dancing and music. Whenever Rachel's favorite songs would come on she would get really excited and we would hold her hands and dance around with her. Then Rachel saw a boy who is also mentally challenged and her friend from work. He ran up and gave her a hug and then a slow song came on. He grabbed her hands and put his feet next to her foot holders and gently pushed them from side to side so that they could dance together. Then he looked over at me and said, "I'm doing it! I'm doing it!" It was seriously the sweetest thing I've ever seen. He figured out on his own how to be able to dance with her and make her feel special. I don't cry very often but my eyes immediately started watering. There was just so much Christlike love in that room. I'm so grateful to get to be around this wonderful, sweet spirits!

Here's a picture of me and my buddy, Endyn. She didn't feel like dressing up tonight so she is just supporting our Cougs with a jean jacket. Haha, I love her she is a BLAST to be with!

Such a great night!

I hope I can be a little more like her friend and make sure that everyone feels special and included.

Love,

Liese