memories

Fernando Ortega reminds me of my father and his battle with cancer, which he eventually “lost” and went home to be with Jesus.
I found a letter a few days ago that he wrote to his patients when he realized he would no longer be returning as their physician; it made me weep. I plan [...]

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when you think your life is shattered and there is no way to be fixed again…

At the time you least expect it, love heals your heart.

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your name

Putting my eyes back on Him. The waves feel like they’re crashing over me (edit: not because of taxes, haha, for other reasons).
Then this song comes on…and I remember my heartbeat.
Every blessing you pour out, I’ll turn back to priase,
When the darkness closes in Lord, still I’m going to say,
Blessed be the name of [...]

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blah

I prepared my taxes tonight.
I’m sad.
Enough that I called my best friend to tell her how sad I was and then I suddenly proceeded to burst out crying. Guess I was more upset than I realized. ;p
Sigh.
Packing for Chicago.  I’m up at 5 a.m.  Will be gone for about a week.
Processing through much.
Have had an [...]

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morning

It’s a half hour to an hour after the normal work day has started. As such, I thought it’d be safe to roll out of bed, throw on a coat and go clear the snow off my car.
A quick look in the mirror and I duly note that I look like death warmed over…
I [...]

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unfolding to kiss the brand new day

So strange.
So wonderful.
Such a crazy-mixed up world.
The threads, intertwined, entangled, pulling here or there, crisscrossing, continuing.
I had an amazingly lovely, productive, quiet weekend. Dinner and fun with friends – we had communion. I stayed late and got in bed around 2 a.m.
Saturday, I had a dinner date with Becca – we got take [...]

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sigh

It’s been a rough week on all fronts. I’m really looking forward to the end of tonight and getting to embrace the weekend. My first and only weekend “off” for the entire month of February…
:)

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ramblings

I’m hungry; realized yesterday I went until 7 p.m. with no food – thankfully I went out to dinner with friends. :)
But surprisingly this morning, I am feeling the hunger of not having eaten.  I keep forgetting to and haven’t gone out shopping for groceries in the last two weeks, heh.  Need to fit that [...]

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marriage

Listening to some Alternative/Indie Rock tonight…and one song just repeats “Never gonna fall in love again.”
I’ve been really struggling with the idea of marriage and making yourself that vulnerable to another person. Is it worth it, do I want to do that, can I do that? Am I willing to lay down my [...]

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unadulterated opinion

I think people who comment on blogs with a protected blog are rude.
I get the reason for protected blogs. But certainly don’t comment on people’s blogs who cannot read yours. It’s just inane.
My two cents.
Take it or leave it.

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streaming

Now that I have a decent computer for the first time in a couple of years, I can stream without the computer flipping out, so I’ve been absolutely adoring Pandora…yum. :)   It’s fabulous.  I’m highly addicted.
This month is so extremely full that I am currently slightly overwhelmed…I can breathe next Wednesday…traveling out of town this [...]

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the ins and outs of being an alum

I recently made a career switch out of the legal field to working with college students. I’m working on the campus where I was once an undergrad…generally, this doesn’t come into play in my daily work in any significant or remarkable manner, but yesterday, I blew into the bookstore to grab some things before [...]

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life!

My main work computer died three weeks ago; my hand-me-down lap top also decided to pretty much die; opening an email would take five minutes…it was lovely.
Sooooooooooo, I’m borrowing a friend’s lap top at the moment which shall become mine shortly while I wait for a new computer. It’s been a crazy month [...]

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