six things that i am thankful for ( Read more... )

From fireworks to fireplaces
Summer stole what fall replaces
And now we're people watching
All the people, people watching us right back
Standing by the missing signs
At the CVS, by the checkout line
She puts her quiet hands in mine,
Cause she's the brightest thing I've got
When I’m covered in rain

<--- art imitates life.

God gives little miracles.

and sometimes gives big ones.

sometimes they are events; sometimes they are things, sometimes they are places or people.

my miracle is a boy.

yes, a boy.

his name is jordan, and he is my life's miracle.

i am so thankful for this miracle that God has given me.

my mom called me today, and she ended up crying while talking to me ( Read more... )

i am in a college library with my college boyfriend proscrastinating doing college homework by listening to music on a shared college music file on a college campus in a college town.

and i am smiling.

there's something funny about the fact that my last three posts will be entirely dedicated to music. i guess that's a reflection of where i've come from, where i am, and where i'm going ( Read more... )

there's something so comforting about the darkness and the four walls of my room when everything is still and quiet ( Read more... )

life is complex and music is beautiful.

everything about this song--the longing in his voice, the melody, his passion for what he does--makes me want to cry with extreme sadness and extreme happiness.

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i've been hesitant about majoring in music. i've been hesitant about going to college. i've been hesitant about leaving and losing the people i ( Read more... )

i have found, in these past few days, that i get what i give ( Read more... )

what a rewarding, exhausting, and exhilarating two weeks ( Read more... )