Part of what I love about the girls' names is that they were both popular 100 years ago and many people with those names are now great-grandmas. Both names evoke a vision for me of sweet old ladies rocking away together on a porch. I pray Ella and Sadie will live meaningful lives full of love and will be enjoying each other on a front porch somewhere many years from now.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Loyola Girls!

When I started Grad School at Loyola in 2008 I expected it to be an educational experience but not really a community or a place where I'd make good friends. I figured with grad school everyone would have their own lives, come in and out for classes, and that'd be it. Well, I've been wonderfully surprised to make some great friends there!! I am SO thankful for them. It has been amazing to have people who understand the calling to counseling and have the same kind of passion for helping people who are hurting. It's been amazing to have women around me who love God and have a burden for the mentally ill in the same way I do. SO grateful for them!

My friend Alicia who I got to work very closely with in our first year working as therapists! Not sure what I would have done without her when we both had no clue what we were doing!!

A Cosi date with Kate, Melissa, and Erin. Bad cell phone pic but these girls have been WONDERFUL friends to me over the last couple years! By God's design, we all have strikingly similar stories and struggles. This has allowed us to give each other some free therapy and encouragement that few people could, had they not been through something similar. What a blessing to have deep conversations and silly fun with these girls!
Kate and Melissa both graduated from our program this spring! They started when I did but moved much faster in the program than I have. They say being kid-less allowed them to finish so fast, so having 2 kids while in the program, I get a pass for still having another 6 classes to take :-) Seeing them finish and go through the whole licensing process gives me SO much hope that I too will actually be a licensed therapist!
My buddy Erin started the program a little later so she'll still be around at school with me next year :-)

Look forward to lots more time with these girls in the future! Who knows what God will do. I'm sure we'll be friends and colleagues long term-maybe even private practice partners! So thankful for the surprise of new friends who "get" me SO well!
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  1. AnaJuly 6, 2010 at 3:45 PM

    How wonderful; and they are sure blessed to have you as a friend!

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  2. KateJuly 7, 2010 at 8:29 AM

    YAY!! Love you, Corinne! I don't know if the other patrons in Cosi would think we were all therapists by the conversation we were having!! :)

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  3. EGJuly 8, 2010 at 12:25 PM

    How nice that you have each other, and I'm glad that one is sticking around with you. :)

    You're so much better at doing topical posts than I am. I'm all, "Here are 87 pictures on this topic, and in OTHER news...!"

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  4. LynOctober 1, 2010 at 10:47 PM

    I am just now catching up, and am so sorry I missed this when you posted it! You are so right about the blessings of the program at Loyola. I'm right there with you in gratitude for all of the people I have met who are following their call, including you.

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