it just makes me reflect on the places i've been, who i've met, the people i have fallen in love with. Christmas time is such a good time for me to start reflecting on what the year has been to me. I think back to last time this year... I was an anxious, stressed out girl waiting for this boy, Steve Lawton, to travel near 5,000 miles for us to be together for the first time ever as a couple. I was so nervous i didn't eat for weeks (and for people that know me that is RIDICULOUS!).
i laugh now because that moment seems like ages ago, and yet at the same time, just yesterday.
I am actually blown away by how much I have learned over this last year. Grad school has a way of stretching me with out me really recognizing it... looking back and remembering how inflexible i was, actually makes me shake my head in amazement. I've done so much growing and have so much more to do.
It been such a good year. lessons learned, cars towed, friends made, battles won, roomies teased, tears shed, wine drank, hearts broken, games played, friends t.p.'d, fiances kissed good bye... & hello, families met, weddings planned, churches found, prayer rooms prayed in, studying done, grades earned, jobs changed, karaoke sang, sardine pasta ate, camping survived, fears unanswered, hopes remained...
all in all its been fantastic and full on.
This year brings a whole new set of challenges. I will finish my thesis, make trips to England, quite my job, get married in England, relocate to england, find a new job, join a Boiler Room, and spend my first fall as the wife of Steve Lawton....
it kind of makes me tingle... and that how I know that life is good, hard sometimes... but I give God all the glory and honor for sticking it out with me and blessing me so...
so MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD LIFE!
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