happy things

#32. brand new tub of coconut oil #33. packing my mouse ears. #34. this cute little stir stick with a heart on the end that southwest airlines gave me with my tea. #35. little pieces of me still...

No more Sunday School answers.

A few weeks ago, I sat at the Q Cafe and wrote about how looking at death stirs us to live life. In Madeleine L’Engle’s book The Summer of the Great Grand-mother (which I’m reading right now), she...

still more things that make me happy

#19. finding a Bible tucked under my covers. #20. sending someone I love stuff that I love. #21. Katie. #22. the most attractive Starbucks barista ever writing my name. #23. making good use of an...

6 more things that make me happy.

#13. watching Lily try to get her ball back. SO CUTE. #14. Micah wanting to wear my sweatshirt. #15. Smiley faces in the O’s of ZOO. #16. random drawings on my Starbucks cup. #17. Dinosaurs on...

things that make me happy.

This month I’m taking pictures of 101 things that make me happy. #1. Lunch at the zoo with Micah #2. Getting a super awesome parking spot at the zoo on a busy day. #3. picking flowers. #4. My Pura...

friday’s five of fifty.

Five more of the 50 questions that will free your mind. I kind of forgot about these. #21. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton? Joyful simpleton, undoubtedly. The nature of...

April Recap

Here was my list of things to finish in April. I forgot to look up a craft class until I had absolutely no time to work with, so I’m hoping to make up for that this month. And I hadn’t factored in...

wordless wednesday

A Year of Challenge: May

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONTH. Make sure everyone knows. Stop being quiet about it. Remember that person you prayed for EVERY DAY last month? Write them a letter. Right now. Go do it. Once you have...

TWOsday: Fellow & Marks

two things I love. #1. Fellow Threads Previously Pelican Merch. They’ve got super cool {almost too cool for me} clothes and a great heart. A portion of their proceeds go to helping organizations...

fully

Yesterday I was on my knees, praying for the strength to tackle the rest of spring. Spring, for all of its new life and growth and rejuvenation has always been marked with unexpected death. At...

A super fast way to get punched in the face with humility.

My challenge for this month has been to pray for someone I don’t like every day for April. Here’s what happened: I made this list of goals back in December, and back in December I knew EXACTLY who...

smashed potato

There is a 6-year-old boy that goes to my church, named Benson. Benson can be a handful, but I like him. He is funny and dramatic and… a handful. Tuesday night all eight zillion of the kids {or...

the green bridge.

Growing up, I never really knew the difference between the I-5 bridge and the 205 bridge. I always clarified by saying “the green bridge, right?” I drive over the I5 bridge almost every day. Every...

happy day after national sibling day.

You know, a lot of people hate Valentine’s Day. Since I love pink, hearts and glitter… it’s a really great day for me. In fact, if I could legally change my birthday to February 14th, I would. But...

Beloved friend box.

Last month I randomly decided to sign up for Cara Box. I’ve done blog swaps before and one of the most frustrating parts of it was putting my effort into getting to know someone only to have the...

A Year of Challenge: April

Happy April Fools Day, from December 28th, 2012. I hope you pull many pranks and fall for none. Today is a terrible day to change your Facebook relationship status if you’re in a new relationship....

March recap.

Woah. The year is 1/4th of the way over. Time is crazy, it’s both slow and fast at the very same time. Here’s my March list, updated. I did everything except going to the movies alone {and walk...

Alleluia people.

We are the people of the Passion, yes, but that is neither all we are nor what we are principally. We are an Alleluia people. We are the people of the Lamb, indeed. We are also the followers of the...

wordless wednesday

Too much of a good thing.

Lately, something I really lack has been coming up a lot in conversation. I’ll tell you what it is. Discipline. I have always lacked discipline. My mom always wanted a little girl, and so I think...

“Jesus is the reason for the season.”

A few days ago, I hit this wall. The wall was called “Easter eggs make me want to barf.” I was standing there, going through Easter eggs when I started feeling sick and looking at how many Easter...

March 16, 2013

One of the things on my list this month was to document an ordinary day in pictures. Get ready for an exciting Saturday in the life of me. My mom woke me up. The funny part is that I went to take a...

wordless wednesday

Silver lining defenders

You may or may not have noticed, but last week was a little rough on me. When things aren’t going well for me, I turn to two things. Prayer and music. Like Hanson sings… If you can’t get through...

How to make your own Pura Vida iPhone case! 4/4s or 5!

Okay, so I’m really down with Pura Vida Bracelets. You’re probably like “how down?” and I mean… SUPER DOWN. My girl Lauren Conrad first introduced me to them {that makes us sound like friends,...

All the single ladies: INTRODUCE US!

Previous: People who marry young I’m not always okay I don’t know how to figure out how many friends my friends have, but I looked on my silly musician page and it said that there are 68,186...

Wear more white.

On September 8th, 2010 I was wandering around Long Beach while Aleen was at work. I was at a coffee shop and met a guy who told me he had been crack-free for 6 years, used to be homeless and was...

wordless wednesday

pour out your hearts to Him.

Yesterday I wrote about how I cried like Lauren Conrad. That was very therapeutic, because I had a lot of emotions and needed them to GET OUT. After my cry, I got around to getting over it. Dinner...