Reality Check

It's odd, the things that finally make something real to you. On Thursday evening I sat and read the Church Times, and looked through all the photos and lists of ordinands around the country. Now, we actually went to one of these ordinations, at Leicester, on Sunday. At that time I felt a bit jealous, but I was OK with it because I knew that was getting on with the job, even if the ordination bit isn't going to come until the Autumn. But on Thursday, looking at the photos of people I had trained with, spread all over the country, reality hit me. They've all gone. College is no more. I'll probably see few of them again in this life. I felt sad.