So Much Love.

There are a lot of exciting happenings around here.

So many people to rejoice with.

So much love.

It's wonderful.

(More to come after tomorrow's PARTY).

God is love.

Love does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

A Perfect Day

Would Look Like...

Waking up at 7

Putting on tennis shoes.

Taking a walk with the birds.

Blue Skies.

People watching at a coffee shop.

Caramel Latte.

Granola and Yogurt.

Sharing secrets with a friend.

Showering in the middle of the day.

Coldplay.

Wearing something floral.

Playing piano for hours.

Children's Church.

Driving down windy country roads.

Intramural Softball.

Oh wait, that looks like today.

{Fight for} Me.

I've gotten used to not having a hand to hold.

I've grown to love spending time

with big groups of girls.

I've gotten used to going to dances

and not dancing.

I've loved seeing friends fall in love

and get engaged.

I'm not afraid to standing alone,

and I've become so much stronger.

But sometimes, I just wish I had someone to fight for.

Familiar

"No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow"-Lin Yutang.

I slept in my own (king size) bed last night, crammed between three of my best friends. My marvelous friends were in cahoots with my mom and planned a surprise party for me when I got home. I was completely surprised! I've always dreamed of having a surprise party, and I can't

believe it acutally happened. I was always afraid of what would happen if I ever did have a surprise party...like, would I look absolutely awful, or be wearing my pajamas? Well, I must admit that after like 20 hours of traveling and sitting in airports and lugging huge suitcases all the way across the Atlantic, I wasn't exactly put together. But it was still so so so wonderful

.

The not so wonderful part of being home is this whole jetlag thing. I woke up at 6 AM and it felt like noon. I was so productive though! I baked and I ran a few miles and I checked my facebook and I woke up my mom and made her talk to me. The worst part came at 6 pm tonight, when I felt like it was midnight. I looked like a zombie walking through Target.

But, I purchased this book, upon recomen

dation from a friend.

The movie is coming out soon, and I am so excited! See the preview here. Yes, it has Miley Cyrus in it. Oh, by the way, this is one of my favorite hobbies: reading the book and then going and watching the movie when it comes out. Usually I'm dissapointed by the movie, because my imagination does way better than Hollywood. But I actually like that. It helps me keep believing in the future of writers and the power of the imagination.