beautiful Colorado

Look at that sky.

Look at those mountains.

My Colorado heart is bursting with beauty-inspired joy...

...to God be the glory.

I have found joy.

There have been a lot of things going on in my life that have had me in the "poor me" frame of mind. And they are legitimate worries - job troubles, money concerns, and less than ideal dating situations. But the thing is...I am so blessed...there is sorrow much greater than my own in this world.

An acquaintance/friend of mine from college lost her mom today to breast cancer. My former pastor's 6 year old daughter is battling cancer with a 35% estimated survival rate. One of my closest friends from childhood is battling brain cancer at the age of 24. She pushed her wedding back a year because she is so sick from chemo and radiation that she knew she wouldn't be able to handle a wedding right now. And the list goes on. This world is fallen and imperfect. It sucks most of the time. But in the midst of it all, we have been given joy. We have been given love unfailing. We have been given salvation.

Each day will have sorrow of its own. My job problems and money concerns are not going to disappear overnight. But each day is also going to have incredible beauty and unexpected blessings in great abundance.

I have found Joy. And it has made my life worth living.

updates galore!

(Sometimes I wonder why I feel the need to update on here, because I don't think anybody reads this and I really don't think anybody who doesn't already know what's going on in my life reads this, but oh well. I'm doing it anyway. My blog, my rules.)

So...Rachelle got married. My best friend got married in the most perfect and wonderful wedding ceremony of all time. I don't think I can put it down in words because it was really just. that. good. I'm beyond thrilled that she has found such a wonderful man. And as I said in my Maid of Honor toast, I truly believe that Ryan is the best man to love my best friend for the rest of her life.

In other news, I moved into a new apartment recently. That's right...I made it out of the parentals' basement! (Not that living there wasn't great...it was genuinely the best thing I could have imagined for the first year back, but I'm excited about this change, too.) I love my apartment and love having Meg here and getting to live with her again. I'll post pictures someday...after we unpack and it isn't quite so chaotic.

I'm still teaching preschool. It's still just a job. Don't love it, don't hate it.

I just bought plane tickets to go to Santa Barbara for a weekend in October for a friend's wedding. I can't wait to see everyone and spend a little time at the beach :).

Autumn is coming. I can feel it in the crispness of the breezes and the chill of the early morning air. I love this time of year...something about it just speaks home and comfort into my heart.

Meg baked banana bread last night.

Life....life is good.