So I am leaving tomorrow afternoon for the long anticipated Summer Road Trip with Claire. First stop: Charlotte, NC to see Koryl. I am so excited. At this moment, no one quite understands me like. Tuesday, second stop: Jacksonville, FL where I will stay with the Gonwa family for a while. Then, off to Nashville to see my Claire, etc. I hope this ( Read more... )

this is gonna to hurt like hell ( Read more... )

Wow, what a day! The clock will be striking midnight soon. I don't think I will be turning into a pumpkin tonight, but I will be retiring to bed shortly because I am so tired. Today I worked outside in the hot sun and got a little pink in the face. My legs are sore, my feet are tired and blistered and my stomach is empty. After working out in the ( Read more... )

Things here at home are looking up. Thank God. Just when you think things couldn't get worse they somehow flip themselves inside out and reveal the brighter side. In times like these I hold tight to the scriptures in James ( Read more... )

I haven't felt joy this pure and real in months. In fact, today was just the confirmation I needed to calm my anxieties and answer my questions. I have never had such a genuine peace and sense of confidence in my faith as I do right now. To me, there is nothing in this world so certain as the workings of God in the lives of people. I am completely ( Read more... )

lib·er·al [adj.]: "Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded. Tending to give freely; generous. Generous in amount; ample ( Read more... )

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I swore off writing here. I have anxieties about giving up on something I have started. And so I write again ( Read more... )

It is Sunday night - 3 days before I leave Nashville. The reality that I will wake up Thurday morning in my house is disheartening, yet it is also something I am anticipating more and more as the hours until my departure continue their countdown ( Read more... )

So it is 8:44 and I am staring at a computer screen. My eyes have barely opened, the corners still creased. I registered for my classes and unfortunately didn't get everything I wanted. No Kent Spring for Sociology and no Science class, instead I will be taking Sociology with an unknown professor and Statistics will replace Science. Oh well... you ( Read more... )