the year of fun

We drove to Nashville to pick up some memories.

We ate good food and drank new wine and listened to sweet music. We laughed really hard. We stayed up till early and talked about what? We got a little cuter and braver. The ride home was long but we danced hard and spoke softly.

Amy and I are polar opposites. Nathan will do just fine in that town, because Greg Johnson is his dad and he taught him everything. Jason came alive and I got to see it. Kaytlyn is a funny honeybabe and life has more for her than she thinks just now. I am an introvert who has the complete inability to act my age, even when I try hardly. I still want to know where they put away all the poor people.

Human talent and passion is a sharp currency in that town and I belong in Kansas City.

January resolution: Read the Bible in a year.
February resolution: Don't get discouraged when I fall behind. Keep going.

January resolution: Wear makeup.
February resolution: Start brushing my teeth and inserting my contacts before applying the makeup instead of after. It gets messy.

January resolution: Go on more road trips.
February resolution: Nashville? This weekend?

January resolution: Move out of my house.
February resolution: Move out of my house NOW.

January resolution: Don't hate February.
February resolution: (...)

Aslan

I know you're thirsty
The water is free
But I should warn you;
It costs everything

He's not fair.
No, He's not fair
When He fixes what's beyond repair
And graces everyone that don't deserve

And He cuts deep
Yes, He cuts deep
When the risk is great and the talk is cheap
But never leaves a wounded one behind

-Kendall Payne

on resilience

“Get back up.
Stop wasting time.
Stop dwelling on the past; that is the worst kind of idolatry.
Get back up in the presence of God. Shake it off and come back to Him.
He is your father.
He has made the way.
Come back to Him. Why? Because your guilt has been removed and your sins are forgiven and there is only One who is truly holy.
That is how it’s always been and that’s how it’s always going to be so you don’t have a lot of pressure there—to be holy—because there’s only One and there is no one like Him and His favor on your life and His willingness to use you is not dependant nor contingent on your perfectly flawless moral record.
Thank God.”

Isaac Anderson
spoken over the +Gathering Network on March 11th, 2007

Everybody's doing it

this one will be good

I'm spending New Year's day being still and quiet with my sweet sick friend Natalie. There's nothing else I'd rather do. Natalie has it bad. She fell asleep at 10.30 last night while we got all dolled up (Cari) and went downtown to dance in the new year. She can speak above a whisper for about three hours a day, and only under the influence of a tall 2% Caramello from Latte Land, which I gladly picked up on the way over. Natalie has the incredible talent of emanating beauty and light at her very worst. She insisted on trudging through the snow in her jammies and a pair of crocks to help me haul in coffee, lunch, and my computer bag which is now overstuffed with happy books that I DON'T have to read for school because I don't go there any more. Remember? We've been enjoying this clip today in honor of Natalie's sexy sick voice, because you know, it's like totally happening.

C'est pas grave

Recently, I've had simultaneous desires to both never speak French again and return to visit Paris. Which is funny, because that would require outing myself as an American once I got there and I always hated being the foreigner.



One time I was riding in a car listening to Fleet Foxes, and I spotted a fox. In Mission Hills.