Mary Poppins Wasn't Perfect

One year ago today, I started a new journal. I wrote the following: I just returned from a weekend at home with mom and dad in Paris...I REALLY didn't want to start this journal until I could start it off knowing exactly where I was moving to. But, no. It didn't happen that way. So yeah- in 5 weeks- I will be moving. To the East or West. To Arizona or South Carolina. Um. Little did I know what would REALLY happen. It wouldn't be until 2 weeks later that my friend Grace would call me with a job opportunity I couldn't resist. Even if it did mean moving to Tallahassee, Florida where I knew no one. And I would get an official job offer 3 1/2 weeks later. And then 3 weeks later I'd pack my bags and move. Here I am, a year later, in Tallahassee, Florida with another big decision to be made. I signed a year lease at the apartment complex here in Tally. My year lease ends soon. I have to let them know today what my future plans are. And I thought I should l...

Many of you know for the past three years I've been sending out a morning text containing a 'verse of the day.' This morning was no different. I read, and the particular passage I was in today didn't really have a verse that I would constitute being one of those 'encouraging' type verses. (see James 5:1-6 and you will understand why) As I was finishing up I sat back in  my couch and sighed. One of those deep, 'who-knew-I-had-so-much-breath-in-me' type sighs. I just said aloud "What verse should I send today?" Now, this isn't the way it happens most mornings. Normally a verse will jump off the page while I'm reading. Or there will be a quickening inside my heart. (I know it's kooky(sp?) to some people to write about how the Lord speaks to me- but for the sake of today's post- just know- He speaks in all different ways. But bottom line....He speaks.) So today, I just asked. What verse should I send. Immediately, a ver...

Lessons learned at the lake: -Everyone needs to feel the wind in their hair at some point. Get on the speedboat and face the wind. -You can still use sunscreen AND get a tan. Use it. -Jazz always sounds better when sitting on the deck at the lake. -Disconnecting is a GOOD thing. Even if it's forced (aka- bad internet service) -If you feel as though there is an ant crawling on you- chances are- there is. -An afternoon rain shower every day is a great excuse to get inside and work on that 2000 piece puzzle. -Family is forever. Make sure time with them counts. -If life is stressful: grab a drink, grab a float, and float it out.

I type this while watching the sunset over Lake Lure as I’ve done every summer for the past 8 summers. The view is different every single time. It’s never the same. I have to resist posting tons of pictures as the landscape is the same. But the sunset. Every single night. It’s different. My aunt and uncle purchased a lake house on Lake Lure 9 summers ago and it’s been my ‘place’ the past 8 summers. The place I can get away, be quiet, and rest. While we had a great time being together, all the family left yesterday morning and I’m staying for a couple more days. The lake house to myself. It’s been a beautiful thing. Grateful  to know the sun will rise each morning. This time last year, I was in a difficult place. I had NO idea what the next year would hold. I didn’t know where I’d be living or where I would be working. My roommate was set to be married, I knew change was coming. The only thing I DID know was that God is faithful. Seriously. That was the ONLY th...