Bonne Année

beauty in the countdown

Friday, December 31, 2010



This has been a great year.

I'm not even sure what to say about it.

I feel like I was completely broken down and rebuilt. It's been a year of contrast. I've had some of the worst moments and cried the most painful tears. But in the midst of it all, I developed so much appreciation for the brilliant subtleties in my life. I feel like my eyes were opened and I was kept in moments to experience them more fully, which was both agonizing and beautiful. God's strength was made perfect in my abundant weakness and I look back at 2010 and feel nothing but grateful for every detail of it. I have no distinct expectations for 2011 other than I know God will move because I think I've given Him the room. The picture I'd formulated in my heart of what I wanted and expected out of life has slowly disintegrated as I've learned to submit that which I cannot possibly orchestrate myself over to the Source of all creativity. I trust His plans are better than any I could design and I'm looking forward to stepping out in faith to what awaits in the new year. No clear cut expectations, just anticipation... and trust.


I have been so blessed this and every year.

Bonne Année!

(AND I think I pretty much kept my resolutions. New ones up tomorrow...) ♬Auld Lang Syne♬

1000 words

joyeux noel, feliz natal, glædelig jul

Saturday, December 25, 2010


"In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it... The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:4-5, 14


Merry Christmas! I hope your day is as blessed as mine has been. Lots of love...

1000 words

that's how we do it!

Tuesday, December 14, 2010



So, I graduated!


Eight semesters, Dean's list a time or two, and I have no idea how I did it. People ask how I managed to get homework done while having a child and doing all the other things life entails -not to mention the endless sick days!- and my only answer, because it IS the only answer, is that it's God.



Thanks to God and the support of my family and friends, I managed to get through. It's all a bit of a blur now...


I can't believe four years have passed. Really, four and a half cuz I took a semester off. I'm relieved it's over and so happy about a homework-less life but a little nostalgic. And I'm a nerd so I'm not sure how long I can go being outside of school. haha...


Can't really tell you what I learned in university! ha... Not even sure I could re-take the exams I took last week at this point. My brain decided I was done and promptly removed all evidence of school life, I believe. But I do know I'm not the girl who started this journey in 2006. I know what I've learned as a person, as a believer, as a leader, and as a friend. And I'm grateful...

Thank you to everyone who got us here- through prayers, support or just cheering me up or being there for me so I had the motivation to get through one more day. I'm well aware that the strength needed was beyond my own. That's how we do it... haha... I am blessed. xx


(my song with my son)

i bet you think this post is about you

spool of thread

Thursday, December 02, 2010



Some girl will make you smile the smiles I long to see,
She will make you feel the things I wanted for me,
And I will sit and watch you be happy-
Just like I've always wanted you to be,
But not with me,
Not with me.

You can't be selfish when the love is true,
And mine has always been nothing but pure for you,
So I'll look from my detached point of view
As you embark upon something new
Without me,
Without me.

I love you, but I hope she'll love you more
I love you, but it's time for letting go,
I'm letting go.

I've walked this road without you for some time,
But inside I half-believed that you were mine,
The lines between faith and hope are fine,
The latter for us is now resigned,
You're not for me,
Not for me.

I love you, but I hope she'll love you more,
I love you, but it's time for letting go,
I'm letting go.

We never got our start, but somehow now we're through,
And all this time I've fantasized like a silly girl for you,
When is it I get to have something that's real?
And who is it that makes you feel the way you make me feel?
What will this girl have that will be all you need?
And why not me?
Why not me?

I love you, but I hope she'll love you more,
I love you, but it's time for letting go,
I love you, but your life awaits and so does mine,
I love you, but I trust somehow we'll both be fine,
I love you, but I hope she'll love you more,
I love you, but it's time for letting go,
I'm letting go...

I'm letting go.