"Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. And yet it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through stages of instability--and that it may take a very long time."

As I was leaving L'Arche a very good friend, ( Read more... )

Here's a picture for you...

I am sitting on the edge of my bed clutching a faded green rugby shirt to my chest and sobbing, I mean hysterically sobbing, broken only by a few peals of laughter thrown in to make me seem even crazier. I'm smiling like a fool and repeating over and over again, "he sent me his shirt, he sent me his shirt, he sent me his ( Read more... )

ok i realize i've been noticeably absent from the world of blogging lately and i'm sure that the 5 of you who even read this blog have completely given up on me so i'll probably be writing this to no one but myself but anyways....

life has a funny way of changing very quickly. one day i'm living the life of a lazy job-less sloth and the next i am ( Read more... )

Since it's back to school for me, i really feel like i need to do one of those "what i did on my summer vacation.." reports. ahem....

I did a lot of fun and interesting things this summer. I got to go on lots of vacations, see lots of friends, and play a lot.

the end.

okay, just kidding i haven't been quite absent from the journaling world and i ( Read more... )

I've come to the realization that i'm decidedly old school. I suppose this could have something to do with my "old fogie"-ness as well as my hatred of change. What made me realize this? well, i will explain ( Read more... )

...use someone else's ( Read more... )

don't you love picking up an old book you've read and getting lost in it again? it's like coming home. no, it's better. it's like finding you never really left. and a book welcomes you back. and it doesn't ask where you've been or why you haven't called. it's just there, when you need it. and it's ready to give you everything it's got, especially ( Read more... )

you know when you call your friend up and you ask..

how are you?

and they say...

i'm fine.

and you know they're not fine because you've known them so long and it's just obvious to you, so you ask...

what's wrong?

that's me right now. except no one is calling.

To the only cat I didn't hate....well didn't hate all the time anyways ( Read more... )

Ah what perfect timing I have! sure i made it home for peter's confirmation and David's first communion but even more than that....i made it back for CINCO DE MAYO!!!! ah yes, another glorious cultural holiday that Americans have taken (read: stole), injected with celebratory steriods, and used as just another excuse to go out drinking on a ( Read more... )