Choose Joy. : Choosing Joy: and Blogging about Majo and Bobby. (Finally)

This is a long overdue blog.
A blog I mentioned doing since probably last October or November.
This blog is about two very special people in my life- two people that have been special to me since the start of my journey in Ecuador.
These two people made my year worthwhile and to be honest it would not have been the same without them.
These two middle schoolers- now freshman in High School have been by my side since the very beginning of school last year and through the year grown into my some of my two favorite people at Alliance Academy.
These two people have made me laugh, seen me cry (haha) and helped me grow (whether they know it or not)
There are alot of students sooo special to me at school. I wish I could blog about each one of them: who knows maybe one day I will, but like I said these two people have been the most special to me since the very beginning and my love for them only grew throughout the school year.
This blog post was promised to them almost a year ago and it wouldn't be right to not follow through with it. Yes a little late, but better late than never and now seems like a very appropriate time.

They both of birthdays this coming week so why not have a blog in their honor! :)

Majo and Bobby: both 8th graders last year first caught my eye in the coffee shop during their lunch hour when Majo was putting Aji (a spicy sauce) on top of her chocolate chip cookies! She proceeded to try and convince me it was normal but NOTHING about that is normal...NOTHING about Majo or Bobby is normal and thats why I love them and thats why we got along so well...because lets face it...Im not so NORMAL myself. ;)

So the basis of our friendship became chocolate chip cookies and Aji and that is why on their birthdays I made them a big chocolate chip cookie in memory of what started it all.

After that first impression the memories continued and continued.
From times at Guardians, Market trips with Majo, Godspell practices with Bobby, lunch time in the coffee shop, hanging out in Kats room after school, memories in the MAP lab with visits from my "daughter", etc.
The triangle of trust had been formed! :)

This year has been very different--Majo is in the States, I no longer work at the coffee shop and Bobby well, he is still Bobby.
But to avoid being sad I want to dwell on all the good memories and good times with these two.
I dwell on the sure fact that the triangle of trust is going nowhere no matter the changes, no matter the distances! These two people will always have a special place in my heart! :)

So Here is a blog to recognize them as two of my favorite students, a blog to reminisce on the good times last year, and a blog to share these awesome people and memories with you as readers.

I could write sentence after sentence after sentence with inside jokes and memories that still make the three of us laugh but...I won't.

I do however want to share some pictures of these two people I speak so highly of: