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So thankful for all the wonderful people the Lord has put in my...

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:34:16 -0500

So thankful for all the wonderful people the Lord has put in my life since last year. He is my refuge and my strength. Can’t wait to see what this next year holds! Happy Thanksgiving!

boston is my favorite city.

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:32:56 -0400

boston is my favorite city.

:)

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:29:20 -0500

love this.

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:38:23 -0500

love this.

life is such a curious thing. i feel like every time i think...

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:54:00 -0500

life is such a curious thing. i feel like every time i think i’m beginning to understand the rhythm of my life it all of the sudden changes it’s tune without so much as a heads-up. needless to say, i spend the next few days after being thrown off course trying to put the pieces back in order, and around and around we go.

so what am i learning?

i’m learning that life is incredibly unpredictable. even when we appear to have things figured out we really don’t. and i’m learning that that’s ok. i am the type of person who likes things to be planned and to go as planned. i don’t accept change well and i have a difficult time adapting when my world gets turned upside down. both of these things have been intensely illuminated lately as my world has been kicked upside down and shaken all around.

you see, i got an internship that was all set to go, then out of the blue i get a call from the person who accepted me into the internship program and he informs me that my acceptance is being revoked due to a “change of plans.” my heart is aching, even now, as i write these words and read them back to myself. rejection is so cruel and so bitter tasting. and even though i know that jesus is bigger than this, it still sucks to be asked to leave a program that you’d already been accepted to. trust me. it sucks.

so now, i am plan-less and slightly less confident. if you need a hardworking, diligent worker for this summer, please let me know. but seriously, i know the lord is here, but why is it so hard for me to see his hand in my life. over and over i cry out to him to rescue me, help me, hear me. but over and over again i find myself getting anxious and giving into bitterness because my circumstances are less than i thought they would be. where is he? well, i don’t know the answer to that right now, but what i do know is that no matter how long it takes, i will keep asking him to give me peace and patience as i wait for him. and as hard as it is, i will trust in him.

the words to a song by mark schultz have been playing over and over in my head all day long, and i know that’s jesus reminding me of his faithfulness.

and even though i’m walkin’ through
the valley of the shadow
i will hold tight to the hand of him
whose love will comfort me
and when all hope is gone
and i’ve been wounded in the battle
he is all the strength that i will
ever need
and he will carry me

curveball

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:45:56 -0500

isn’t it funny how things that we never expect will happen to us end up hitting us right in the face?! irony, i suppose. i’ve never been a person who likes change, and i definitely try to avoid it, if at all possible. however, this time i wasn’t able to evade the impeding changes that were about to be thrust into my life…this change just so happened to rock my world.

what then are we to do? with our world turned upside down.

hold on…well, that is the goal. but that’s never easy. when someone you love hurts you so deeply, it becomes increasingly harder to forgive and move forward, or so seems to be the case for me. do i just forgive and forget? is that even possible with someone who is able to hurt so intimately? i honestly don’t know.

what i do know is this. if i hold onto my anger and un-forgiveness it will fester into bitterness, which is something much deeper and much uglier than anything i can possibly manage. so it seems that i have a choice. to wallow in un-forgiveness and become ever so bitter and hateful, or i can forgive and try to forget, and allow time to heal these deep wounds.

so here in my despair, the only thing left to do is get on my knees and ask Jesus to meet me here and to give me the strength, patience, forgiveness, and love that i lack. and i find comfort in knowing that he will. because Jesus loves me, this i know.

love this.

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:37:37 -0500

love this.

"Be sure that the ins and outs of your individuality are no mystery to Him; and one day they will no..."

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:24:18 -0400

““Be sure that the ins and outs of your individuality are no mystery to Him; and one day they will no longer be a mystery to you.”
C.S. Lewis”

Ahh. Maybe this is where I’ll spend most of the...

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:16:40 -0400

Ahh. Maybe this is where I’ll spend most of the weekend…?!!

Well, a girl can dream.

I LOVE this living room by Kate Spade! What a dream to live in a...

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:25:21 -0400

I LOVE this living room by Kate Spade! What a dream to live in a house designed by her! A true design goddess.

Hello blog world! While trying to find a picture for my very...

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:16:12 -0400

Hello blog world!

While trying to find a picture for my very first post and after searching through what seemed like hundreds of photos I realized that the blog world will challenge me to be less of a perfectionist when it comes to the details. (Sometimes I can’t help myself!!)

Moving on…

Hopefully, this blog will become a place I can scratch down new ideas and revelations about houses and interiors and designs and architecture and so on.

Oh how I love interior design..