October 2011
2 posts
“We didn’t need a story, we didn’t need a real world. We just had to keep walking...”
– M83 (via berrynice)
I love Spencer, Rob Tim and Jason
September 2011
2 posts
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August 2011
20 posts
“The LORD will make even the heaviest burdens light when they’re given to...”
– Dan Rivera, giving me advice on my first day of college
“In the midst of mountains and valleys you will travel this year, remember Who...”
– Ms. Tameling, my former middle school principal, in response to my trek to college
Tonight I'm Speechless
I’m floored by the goodness of an ever faithful God.
I’m tearing up at the thought of leaving behind a family who could never love me more if they tried. Who have always been there. Who have been my best friends, my biggest cheerleaders.
I’m remembering saying goodbye to the 8 people in the world who’s friendship I never saw coming, but who—over the course of one...
“Love, however, cannot be forbidden. The more that flame is covered up, the...”
– Edith Hamilton (Mythology: Pyramus and Thisbe) (via quote-book)
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Wrote this a whole ten minutes...
He Will Strengthen Your Heart
Tonight, that is the promise I am clinging to.
I’ve reached the stage in college readiness, where I am totally and completely unprepared and not at all ready. I’m actually full to the brim with anxiety. None of my packing is done. I’m not even sure I have enough clothes to survive an Ohio winter. And I don’t know how the heck I’m going to see everyone I need to...
“I didn’t really know what to expect. Looking back though, i can see how...”
– Matt Dearden, my former admissions counselor at Cedarville giving me some great encouragement.
The Scary Path
I am scared of a lot of things.
And by a lot, I mean probably more than the average person is frightened of. (I did that so as not to anger my English teachers and their hatred of the non-descriptive, over used phrase ‘a lot’. I’m even scared of them and I graduated high school two months ago.)
Anyway, the list could take up this entire post. Woodland creatures is a big...
A Piece of My Heart Tonight
My precious discipleship leaders rested heavily on my heart tonight. Not sure we’ll all be gathered together in one place before we all party ways in a week so I had to write them this:
To my beautiful girls, I was going to write and see if there was any time in the next 10 days where we could all get together one last time. But I know summer schedules are getting tight because of how...
“When you’re young, everything feels like the end of the world. But...”
– Zac Efron
I'm Baaaack :)
After my 2 and a half week immersion into the land of place cards, dress fittings, and family dinners I have finally returned to find myself only 2 weeks away from something extremely brand new and scary.
Going to Vancouver is like escaping reality. It’s not necessarily a vacation because there is always something to do or somewhere to go but it always feels like an escape. Maybe...
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
– A.A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
“The key to life isn’t searching for the safe sameness with each passing...”
– Karen Kingsbury
July 2011
22 posts
“There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
– C.S. Lewis (via girlwithoutwings)
so here’s the deal.
i’m halfway thru the first Harry Potter
and i’m kind of already obsessed
The Most Love
Tonight is my last night in South Florida for 2 and a half weeks. Tomorrow I trek to Vanouver, BC with half my fam to begin our annual family vacation/wedding weeks/food fest.
It’s funny to think back on all the years when I couldn’t sleep because I was so excited about Van. There were years when I would beg my parents incessantly that we move there and live amongst our favorite...
“Now I’m really left with thanks, for during my season of emotional turmoil, He was so faithful, but isn’t He always? Even sixteen hours away, tomorrow, in the dead of the winter season, He is still present, and ever faithful to the end. I’ll never understand that. I’ll never get used to that.
“I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in...
Competition
I have a confession to make. (I know I’ve been doing this quite often lately. But this needs to get out in the open.)
I am EXTREMELY competitive.
That’s right. I said it. Sami “I never played a sport all of high school” Imber is one of the most competitive people you’ll ever meet. From the time we used to have the mock tournaments in middle school girls PE, to...
Stress Free Packing from Greta Allison →
check out this helpful article by my sweet blogger friend, Greta Allison.
I’m glad there’s someone out there who is as neurotic as I am :)
I will definitely be using her tips as I try and pack for Vancouver sometime before Sunday at 9:30am.
Love in the Wild
I’ve been trying not to watch a lot of TV this summer, given it’s my last few months of sun and tanning weather and accessible beaches. But some nights after work just call for a movie or a quick show.
Tonight I stumbled upon NBC’s new reality show Love in the Wild. And I must say it is one of the most intriguing concepts in the realm of reality TV.
It’s basically...
Good Directions - Billy Currington
Then a left will take you to the interstate
But a right, will bring you right back here to me
This is gonna sound crazy, but it’s something you need to know before we continue with this post.
I loved middle school.
That’s right. It was awkward, I was awkward but I loved it so much I cried every time I thought about high school. I had a middle part, a huge backpack, braces,...
Family Dinners
Tonight my heart is hurting for all I will leave behind in a little more than a month.
Tonight for what felt like the first time in months (due to work schedules and vacations and life’s craziness), we sat down to family dinner. Just the 5 of us and a bowl of hashwee, a plate of kibbe and a container of hummus. Laughing, talking and believing in all the magic summers are made of. Then we...
This is real.
I just received a basic itinerary of my orientation weekend at Cedarville.
As I was reading through the planned events for Friday-Sunday August 19-21, the oddest feeling washed over me. I couldn’t put a finger on it. It’s not something I’ve ever felt before. I’m generally a very cut and dry emotions kind of person. Like I’m just happy or just sad or just angry...
“I’ll spread my wings
And I’ll learn how to fly
Though it’s...”
– Kelly Clarkson
She dreams of mermaids and motorcycles and finding...
The Author of Life and The Best Summer Adventure...
Every time I return to the Keys (which I will admit is not VERY often. but still) I am amazed anew at the majesty of Christ.
Every color seems so much more alive and vibrant. Each laugh louder and clearer. Every day sunnier and brighter. The whole world at my fingertips.
But this time around was a little different. Not because I wasn’t yet again amazed by my God, but because I was...
June 2011
27 posts
7 Year Prayers
Today Cash Willie Houchin entered the world.
Okay. That’s not really his name, but I have to refer to him as that for right because he has yet to receive a name.
You may be wondering what’s so special that me and the rest of the yearbook staff must continue to Facebook, tweet and blog about this day. Isn’t he just any other baby? I mean sure it’s exciting cause all...