so below i've copied my journal entry from almost a year ago of stuff i want to do... and i'm a little embarassed that i haven't checked things off this list ( Read more... )

the joys of these past few days have been in the little things ( Read more... )

We left from Holland on a Friday evening and drove to Christen's lake cottage a few Fall weekends ago, October 6th. We were hoping to spend some time with Christen's parents in Indiana (or so Christen thought). It happened that her parents suddenly had something come up and couldn't be there until Saturday early afternoon. We arrived to North ( Read more... )

"Somethin' about the sunrise, reminds me of God's faithfulness ( Read more... )

So in love with this guy sitting next to me....

ridiculously good looking.
ridiculously in love with jesus.
ridiculously strong.

...sigh...

i love the falling.

life is good. lately, i have been enjoying life. the people. the random encounters. the intense meetings. the change in scenery. tonight was no exception. great people. hilarious croquet game. memorable bonfire. lots of laughter. good conversations. butterflies...

yes, i am still in holland. but it looks like a whole new place these days. aaah.

Today was amazing. I mean, unbelievable... almost left me in that giddy, i'm going to wear a scrunchy and call all my girlfriends kind of day. I went to church with Tony this morning ( Read more... )

God knew I needed a weekend of dancing. First, learning a hip hop dance with michelle and lisa.... and being horrible at it. then, dancing at the beautiful wedding of Kat and Dan.... and today, dancing in the living room and being absolutely ridiculous and pretending to know what i'm doing ( Read more... )

i was not expecting to get so attached to the students i know in zeeland... i wasn't expecting to want to stay at the Bridge longer to keep loving the kids - and have time to get better at it. i wasn't expecting to want to stay. but i do... i think. but i really just have to trust God - and whether i go or stay, i am really just a itty bitty small ( Read more... )

why didn't someone tell me not to watch a romantic comedy alone, starting at midnight... just to leave me in a sad "missing him" mood at 2 a.m? maybe if i go to sleep now - wake up, work out, go tanning, and hang out with friends - i'll feel better. maybe i can forget how good of thing i really did have for a few years... but i don't want to forget ( Read more... )