sometimes God has this funny way of setting things in your path and i just wish i knew what he wanted me to do with them...

so this happened last night...

missin these sweet thangs.

happy hump day! plus some hints of pink.

came across this on that kind of woman...

i want you to tell me about every person you've ever been in love with. tell me why you loved them, then tell me why they loved you. tell me about a day in your life you didn't think you'd live through. tell me what the word "home" means to you and tell me in a way that i'll know your mother's name just by the way you describe your bedroom when you were 8. see, i wanna know the first time you felt the weight of hate and if that day still trembles beneath your bones. do you prefer to play in puddles of rain or bounce in the bellies of snow? and if you were to build a snowman, would you rip two branches from a tree to build your snowman arms? or would you leave the snowman armless for the sake of being harmless to the tree? and if you would, would you notice how that tree weeps for you because your snowman has no arms to hug you every time you kiss him on the cheek? do you kiss your friends on the cheek? do you sleep beside them when they're sad, even if it makes your lover mad? do you think that anger is a sincere emotion or just the timid motion of a fragile heart trying to beat away its pain? see, i wanna know what you think of your first name. and if you often lie awake at night and imagine your mother's joy when she spoke it for the very first time. i want you to tell me all the ways you've been unkind. tell me all the ways you've been cruel. see, i wanna know more than what you do for a living. i wanna know how much of your life you spend just giving. and if you love yourself enough to also receive sometimes. i wanna know if you bleed sometimes through other people's wounds.

-andrea gibson

the only thing i know is this:

i am full of wounds

and still standing on my feet.

-nikos kazantzakis

in other news... happy (very chilly) hump day!

hi friends! thought i'd stop in for a quick update of my fabulous weekend in Charleston. i had a great time catching up with so many great people from camp and seeing faces i haven't seen in what feels like forever, including my first cabin of campers who are going to be on staff this summer (crazzzyy). it is always a fun experience being surrounded by such a large group of camp family and knowing that we were all in Charleston this weekend to help send kids to camp. team seafarer runs to raise money for an endowement fund to send girls to the crystal coast for the summer on scholarships. this year we have raised enough money to send 5 campers to camp off of the interest from the endowement fund, which is unbelievably awesome!!

i had a great run as well. it was a little chilly heading to the race but turned out to be the perfect running weather. we ran down the waterfront and battery and then on through king street past the cute shops and restaurants, it was a great course in my opinion. my ipod died less than a mile into the race, which i was actually thankful for because i was able to focus my thoughts on my running and my surroundings and carry on some conversations with different people i came across on my run. it was a great sense of accomplishment for me and such a fun day! and then to finish and cheer on my fellow runners as well as those running the marathon was an even more inspiring part of the day. team seafarer was out there as the last marathoners crossed the finish line, it was awesome to see everyone staying and supporting people we didn't even know as they completed their goals. it reminded me once more of the warmth and love of this wonderful place that i adore so much.

speaking of adoring camp, its the people here that make it what it is. i was fortunate enough to stay saturday as well as sunday night (MLK long weekend) and reconnect and be with some of the best friends i could ask for. fun people who filled my days with great conversations and mostly just lots and lots of laughs. i am so thankful for those people and this place, who support me through a 13.1 run but more importantly support me through life and who i know i can count on for anything, whether i need a big hug a smile or a little extra push to go the extra mile and get the job done well. so looking forward to spending my summer at camp again and leading counselors and campers in what i can only hope to be one of their most memorable summers!

i feel so blessed to be a part of such a great community, and so blessed to have been a part of this groups that is helping other girls have the opportunity to form these kind of relationships at camp this summer!

(we wear orange so our support team can spot us...)

because i can't fall asleep, and technically its happy hump day!

cheesy. but may need to adopt this as a new life motto.

because its been a good day. and i'm going to charleston this weekend! and i love him.

a brief playlist tonight:
> does anybody hear her? - casting crowns
> 10,000 reasons - matt redman
> you do all things well - chris tomlin
> hosana - hillsong united
> all i can say - david crowder band

"the power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that is has come to be disbelieved in. few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. yet it is in this way that love begins, and in the way only" 

-victor hugo (les miserables)

i realise there's something incredibly honest about the trees in winter, how they're experts at letting things go. -jeffrey mcdaniel

happy hump day!

new musical discovery: Paul McDonald & Nikki Reed (together)

check it out! loving them.