Day 95.

It has been a rather long day full of Girls State activities, but the days ending has been the most memorable. I have made a life time friend here named Mandy Stanely who is like me in very many important ways. Earlier in the day we bonded over racial issues and certain other things, though this evening it was strictly personal stories that caused us to bond and to better realize how much we understand the other. Now that it is almost 4am, I have to be up at 6am, Mandy and I are finally done talking and done with the work she, I, and our other co-counselor were doing for our girls. We made them each a little goody bag with candy, a ring, and a winner badge and placed them right outside all of the girls bedroom doors. We also made each girl a card in which all three of us wrote personal messeges and place those cards under the goody bags. I hope they appreciate it and that I was somehow able to touch at least a few of their lives. They are lovely young women and I am very blessed to have met them. I am full of good wishes for them and cannot believe tomorrow is my last day with them. Sweet and sour endings. I'm ready to finally maintain all the conversations I've started and stopped because of my busy scheduale here. I can't wait for skype calls.