as all good things must come to end, so has the Diocese Retreat 2006.

This was my first year as a leader, so going into the retreat was a little nervewracking. Luckily, I was blessed with the best small group that anyone could ever ask for. Cindy, Jenna, Sarah, Justin, Anthony, Mr. McNulty = amazing. We had some great, great times.

I really can't ( Read more... )

that is probably my subject line every time i write about my friends from st. anselm. because it's so true. i don't mean to offend any of my friends, but i think that i am most myself around "the family."

on sunday after youth group, nicole, bryan, debi, sarah, arienne, nick, and kyle came over for a few hours. as usual i had the most fun ever. we ( Read more... )

winter ball was so good. i felt gorgeous. my date looked great. he's roughly twice my height.

i danced the night away. -sigh-

a good last winter ball. most definately.

aw im happy.

nick: oh man, get this. ok. are you ready?? ok. i birthed merlin!

i love my church friends so much. i've known them forever, grown up with them, and we're still tight. even if were all off at colleges and such. when i feel like theres no other place i belong...i remember my friends at St. Anselm.

its so weird though. at teddy's eagle scout ( Read more... )

so, after all my preaching about taking chances, taking risks, i have found someone who i care about so much that i refuse to do just things i always talk about. he means that much to me. irony much?

and I finally know how. I wrote this last night:

"When I am depressed, my friends ask me what can they do to make me feel better? They say they'll do anything, they just don't know what. So I say this now: love yourselves. In that way, all the young lives that have been destroyed by depression and suicide will not have been in vain. Help to stop ( Read more... )

i'm so bad at this break from boys thing. but i'm still on it.

Maybe this Christmas will mean something more
Maybe this year love will appear
Deeper than ever before
And maybe forgiveness will ask us to call
Someone we love
Someone we’ve lost
For reasons we can’t quite recall
Mmm, maybe this Christmas

isn't it funny, how sometimes, even though nothing looks too hopeful, you can't help but just know everything will ( Read more... )

i have decided that as soon as photoshop is reinstalled on my resurrected computer, i am making a Rent icon for this here el jay. i'm pretty much obsessed with the soundtrack.

on a side note, i am taking a unprecendented break from boys. its unprecedented because, come on, when have i ever been able to take a break from boys. but i am. unless a ( Read more... )

and thus, for the second day in a row, Gretchen, my boss at the Asbury Park Press, is not here, and I am. And I am bored. And it sucks. Again. -settles down to write a nice, long entree-

Let's see...Thanksgiving was awesome. I'm one of those strange kids who loves to spend time with her family, so going up to my aunt's house was really nice. And I ( Read more... )