In a couple days I will be going off to college again, and it is truly wondrous to me how good this past year has been. God is truly amazing. And his hand in my life is undeniable. There are times when I get so excited for what comes after this life, that I wish I could leap to that next place right now, but most of the time, I am too awe struck by this life to ever want to leave it. The past year has yielded so much growth, love, knowledge, understanding, patience, and pure joy that I could not imagine being anywhere else, living any other way. I am so grateful for the opportunity that it is to live. To live in the knowledge of the truthfulness of the gospel. To be able to talk to God and let him lead my life. What a blessing it is.
My heart is full : )
Before this year began, I thought 2009 would be the speed bump to get over. The long haul to muddle through because it is the longest stretch that tommy will be gone for. But now that it's here, I can see that that is not what it is. This year is going to be amazing. There may be anxious days when I'll wish to muddle, but really, who has time to muddle through life? There are people to meet, books to read, lives to save, smiles and laughter to experience! People are falling in love this year, babies are being born, music is being created, and lives are changing and growing in beautiful new ways.
The adventure has just begun : )
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
I've decided what to do with my life.
Are you ready for this? ok. I am going to be a tester. I used to think it would be great to be a food tester, but then I realized that with my love of food and my lack of love for running...tub o lard would soon be used to describe my physical being. So I pretty much bagged that idea. And it only took me about 7 years to come up with this new one : ) I have decided that I will gladly be a tester of things. Kitchen aids, ironing boards, clothing, shoes, toothbrushes, beds, you name it. [Except gross stuff of course including: nose hair trimmers, air fresheners, and stupid bandaids.] But other than that and a few other things that I can't think of at the moment, I think I would very much enjoy testing things : ) I would gladly help the public by offering my services and opinions in as eloquent a form as desired.
I came to this epic decision by way of my natural habits to...use things that I love to an excessive degree. For example: I love my chapstick, and therefore have one on me at all times if possible. I love my backpack : ) and wore it everywhere, even when I was just at my apartment, just because I'd missed having one so much haha. Same goes for my glasses, my converse, my slippers, shirts, skirts, bowls, blankets, laptop, and of course, my new coat : ) In fact, my coat is the reason for all of the epiphany. See, it occurred to me to be a tester when I looked up at myself in the mirror while washing my face...in my enormous, long, poofy, -20˚ weather winter coat, that I had just inadvertantly discovered was water proof, simply by wearing it, all the time : ) I could get used to this.
I came to this epic decision by way of my natural habits to...use things that I love to an excessive degree. For example: I love my chapstick, and therefore have one on me at all times if possible. I love my backpack : ) and wore it everywhere, even when I was just at my apartment, just because I'd missed having one so much haha. Same goes for my glasses, my converse, my slippers, shirts, skirts, bowls, blankets, laptop, and of course, my new coat : ) In fact, my coat is the reason for all of the epiphany. See, it occurred to me to be a tester when I looked up at myself in the mirror while washing my face...in my enormous, long, poofy, -20˚ weather winter coat, that I had just inadvertantly discovered was water proof, simply by wearing it, all the time : ) I could get used to this.
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