Oh how the times change

I've been thinking a lot lately about how I ended up where I am currently, and where I might have been if key events had not happened in my life. I do not regret any of the guys I dated nor the choices I made. Rather I love where I ended up, and the man that God so perfectly placed in my life to be my husband. But its been hard, looking back on what I wanted 5-6 years ago and seeing that I indeed have changed in scope. I guess you could call it maturity. I'm not as flighty and impulsive as I once was, but I still have a longing for adventure and beauty. Lately, I've been learning how to see these aspects in everyday life. The beauty in deep conversation with friends, the adventure and challenge of loving a person just the way they are....

So here I am a College grad without a job. I am nowhere near where I thought I'd be 10 years ago but instead I am waiting on God (notice I didn't say patiently) to reveal it all piece by piece. It's a slow and painful period that is slowly driving me bonkers but, underneath it all I can't complain. I am blessed. I am a beloved child of God who is deeply surrounded by an amazing community of believers. I am loved so incredibly by my husband, a man who sees things in me no one else sees. How could I complain?

The lyrics below are to one of my new favorite songs. Enjoy. :)


The Love of Christ Is Rich and Free
by Sandra McCracken
The love of Christ is rich and free;
Fixed on His own eternally;
Nor earth, nor hell, can it remove;
Long as He lives, His own He’ll love.
His loving heart engaged to be
Their everlasting Surety;
’Twas love that took their cause in hand,
And love maintains it to the end.
Chorus: Love cannot from its post withdraw;
Nor death, nor hell, nor sin, nor law,
Can turn the Surety’s heart away;
He’ll love His own to endless day.
Love has redeemed His sheep with blood;
And love will bring them safe to God;
Love calls them all from death to life;
And love will finish all their strife.
He loves through every changing scene,
Nor aught from Him can Zion wean;
Not all the wanderings of her heart
Can make His love for her depart.

2007: What I Read

Here is what I spent my time reading in quasi chronological order:

(F=fiction, NF=non fiction)

• Red Moon Rising by Peter Greig NF
• It's a Slippery Slope by  Spalding Gray NF
• Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield F
• Theatre Shoes by Noel Streatfield F
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan F
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott F (re-read)
• The Gunslinger by Stephen King F
• The Drawing of  the Three by Stephen King F
• The Wastelands by Stephen King F
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling F
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by JK Rowling F
• The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank  F
• A Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank F
• The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen F
• White Teeth by Zadie Smith F
• Clear Springs by Bobbie Ann Mason NF
• I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolf  F
• Mudhouse Sabbath by Lauren Winner NF
• Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner F
• Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage by Madeline L'Engle NF
• The Irrational Season by Madeline L'Engle NF
• A Circle of Quiet by Madeline L'Engle NF
• The Grace Awakening by Charles Swindoll NF
• What is the What by Dave Eggers NF
• The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLauglin F
• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson  F
• Messanger by Lois Lowery F
• Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama NF
• Prep by Curtis Sittenfield F
• Insider Dating by Jennifer O'Connell F
• The Fourth Hand by John Irving F
• Fashionably Late by Beth Kendrick F
• Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger F
• Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by An Brashares F
• Betsy & Tacy by Maud Lovelace F
• Betsy-Tacy Go Downtown by Maud Lovelace F
• The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
• (instead of listing all of them I'll just say I read 7 of the Gossip Girl books by Cecily Von Ziegsar ) F
• (also, I read all of the Griffin & Sabine books by Nick Bantock) F
• The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella F
• Grace (Eventually) by Anne Lamott NF
• Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali NF
• Knitting in Plain English by Maggie Righetti NF
• Julie and Julie by Julie Powell NF
• Cracking the GRE NF
• The Call by OS Guiness  NF
• Boundaries by Dr. Cloud NF
• Into the Wild by John Krakuer NF
• A Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster NF
• Turning Tables by Heather & Rose MacDowell F
• Someday My Prince  Will Come by Jerramy Fine NF
• Finding Father Christmas by Robin Jones Gunn F
• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert NF

Total Books Read: 64