so i want to update and have something fun to say.  but i don't.  i just want to post pictures.  i really hope that you guys enjoy them.  i know pictures aren't all that fun of people you don't know, but i still think they're cool.


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last night i was on a walk with my friends julia and erin.  we were amazed as we saw the sun set and we could see distinct shadows on all the buildings and trees and everything else was this beautiful golden color.  then we turned the corner and saw the other side of the sky was solid pink!  i mean, solid.  i have never seen pink like that in the ( Read more... )

"Grace strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness.  It strikes us when we walk through the dark valley of a meaningless and empty life...It strikes us when, year after year, the longed for perfection does not appear, when the old compulsions reign within us as they have for decades, when despair destroys all joy and courage.  Sometimes ( Read more... )

To My Dear and Loving Husband ( Read more... )

as you can all tell, i'm back from camp.  it's difficult for me to summarize my summer and experience at camp.  i don't really want to try.  i guess i just want to say that i think i've changed for the better.  i have a stronger foundation in the Word of God like i've desiring for a long time.  and my eyes have been opened even more to how much i ( Read more... )

i think people have a skewed view of dating.  it seems so many people date to fill up a loneliness.  they date people they have no intention of marrying, and even get in serious relationships with these people.  some date people because they're bored.  some date to fulfill physical desires.  some date because it "seems like they should."

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this is my address for the summer.  if you write me i'll write back.  it may not be in a timely manner, but i will sure try.

allison barlow
camp barakel
po box 159
fairview, mi  4821-0159

i hope everyone has a good summer !

when i first came to school i didnt really like taylor or the wing i lived on.  it is crazy how much that has changed.  for the yearbook, somebody has to write a little something about the wing.  since i'm an english major people make the wrong assumption that i'm a good writer, so i wrote this about our wing.  it may bore you non-taylor readers, ( Read more... )

now, i don't normally do this, but i really want to and this is my journal, so i will.

i advise everyone to go buy the latest copy of relevant magazine.  it looks like this.

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i dont have much to say. tomorrow is mothers day. i have exams this week and i don't like that. i have lot's of homework ( Read more... )