beautiful sunday.

there was something about the world that made today unusually beautiful.
i mean, everyday is beautiful, but this sunday wasn't an ordinary sunday.
i noticed everything at church.

when i came in, the place was dark. we sat for a while and my dad told me theresa arrived. i turned around and there she was, walking with her family. as i was walking/running towards her, the worshipping area lit up, illuminating the faces of my best friend and her family. i've never seen her so beautiful.

as we were waiting for mass to begin, i fixed my eyes on the stained glass window. it's always been there, i see it every week, but my eyes were completely glued to it for what seemed like the longest time. the colors of the stained glass window were very cool colors, the dove an aqua teal, the color that attracts me the most and is most calming to me. i like that color because it reminds me of the waters of a tropical ocean. i remember when i went to children's liturgy with my sister in second grade, we had to draw something we saw in church and i drew the stained glass window while everyone else drew a cross and my drawing caught the teacher's attention.

this wasn't the first time i noticed this, but the participation of the congregation when it came to singing the hymns was just so pretty. this morning during breakfast, my mom and sister and i were watching TFC, and it showed clips from a healing mass for their ex president, Cory Aquino. Everyone from the town she came from gathered for a mass in honor of her, praying for her so that she could be healed. "They are united," my mother said. I responded with "I wish everyone here was united liike that." While singing along with everyone at church, i realized we ARE united. Not just every Sunday, but everyday because we are catholics meaning universal. Uni=one.

So during mass today, I felt refreshed and optimistic while taking everything in.

There's this girl who sits in front of me with her family and she always glares at me for some reason. My mom told me we've met before but i don't remember her at all. She has an eyebrow piercing and tattooed wings on her back and pretty sweet style. But i think it's funny how she glares at me. My mom said it's because she's jealous of my style or something, but i think she dresses nicer than me. During sign of peace, I shook her brother's hand and her mom's hand and she was beside them. We made eye contact for a second cause i thought i was gonna shake her hand, but she just glared at me. what did i do? D: oh well.

on the bright side, i looked on the bright side today haha.