color:#222222">I will say, though, I'm so thankful for where God has me in my life right now. Despite how traumatic and hard this year has been, there have
also been parts where God has poured out his love on me in tangible ways. Abe's moving here has helped me in countless ways, but mostly it's easier to have him right next to me as I walk this ( Read more... )

During the week I wrote my last post, I was on one of the lower parts of my emotional roller coaster I've been on since April. I didn't have much going on during the week, little to no motivation, and seeing the final installment of Harry Potter made me miss Aaron and Rachael more than I had anticipated. Because they were the reason I read the ( Read more... )

"For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline" -2 Timothy 1:7

I'm a worrier. I've been notorious for being that person that lets anxiety run rampant for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid, I was terrified of going to school because I hated being away from my parents, so my daddy printed ( Read more... )

It's 01.11.11 and how am I spending my day? Watching Empire Strikes Back in honor of the snow and ice that's giving me a day off (and maybe a few future delays?) from school today. I've been multitasking while watching the movie - eating a real breakfast (?!?), doing dishes, catching up on my Entertainment Weekly blogs.. Then I realized I haven't ( Read more... )

Poor Abe. He definitely deserves points for sitting on the phone with me last night as I began to process Britt's move and felt so alone. I cried for a good portion of the hour that we talked, and he did his best to maintain some semblance of conversation. It was tough though, because my mind was running a mile a minute, wondering how much it's ( Read more... )

Where did July go? Seriously. I'd like to add on a couple of days and go back in time so I can enjoy a little bit more down time before biting the bullet. I packed my summer so full of activity that I hardly had time to sit back and take it all in ( Read more... )

It's been one of those weeks that feels like it's taken forever to get through, yet I can't believe it's already almost Friday.

SOL season began Tuesday with my 8th graders taking their Science test. This is the only middle school test where the students are responsible for three years' worth of information instead of the subject matter for one ( Read more... )

This has been the slowest. week. ever. Usually when I've got a lot of activity in my plans outside of school, life goes by more quickly. I don't know what the deal is, but it feels like it's been forever since I spent the afternoon at Drowsy Poet, sipping Milton milkshakes with Lyndsay. But apparently that was only a week ago. As was my discovery ( Read more... )

It's been three weeks since I've given this blog a second thought. Life has been SO FULL of activity that I'm pretty sure I haven't slept more than five hours on any given night since the beginning of March. Typically, I don't mind a lack of sleep when it's a trade off for a packed social life, but at this point, I'm running myself into the ground ( Read more... )

Ever have one of those weeks when you just feel under attack? Or.. one of those days?

I think God was preparing me on Monday with the rest of a day off from school. I got to sleep in and enjoy some time to myself and time specifically set aside for conversations with God. I spent the afternoon with Leah, catching up on life and taking advantage of ( Read more... )