1) Turning 21 in P
rague. This was amazing not only because its my favorite city in the world, but the friends who made it special. And the most yummy birthday meal ever.
2)Living with roommates who have cats/kittens. None of these have been mine, but playing with Babar and Italics
on a regular basis has been a highlight of my days (besides getting bitten a lot).
3) Learning to cook. I'm no gourmet chef yet, but at least I'm doing more than microwaving these days.
4) Living in Glasgow, one of the coolest, edgiest, hipest cities ever, for four months. Even just walking to get groceries was a thrill!
5) Eating crepes and bagettes in Paris by the Seine. Ahhhh....
6) Seeing the Swell Season and Sara Groves perform live....two of the best concerts I've ever had the pleasure of attending.
7) Reading Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea and Stones Into Schools, and Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns. Go read these books.
8) Seeing the grave of Geoffrey Chaucer in Westminster Abbey.
9) Camping under the desert stars in the New Mexico wilderness
10) I became a college graduate! Not that it means much these days...
11) Experiencing a snowstorm in the middle of June in the Colorado Rockies.
12) Eating Dijon mustard in Dijon, France, and a hamburger in Hamburg, Germany.
13) Meeting my Scottish friends Roddy and Fiona, witnessing their engagement, and being a bridesmaid in their wedding in Scotland, all in one year. I couldn't have imagined anything so wonderful :)
14) Meeting new friends from Scotland, Germany, France, India, New Zealand, Poland, and America, to name a few. The best part of traveling is getting to know so many wonderful people from such wildly diverse backgrounds!
15) Having one last semester to really savor and appreciate the fact that I was studying two subjects I loved. I miss both Dance and English classes these days.
16) Working with refugees as a volunteer, an intern, and now as a full time case manager. It is both the most challenging and most rewarding thing I have ever done.
17) Eating fresh vegetables from our garden and homemade barbeque this summer with my family. Yummy!
18) Reuniting with one of my best friends after over a year apart. This is a testament to the love of Christ being strong enough to cover all wrongs and heal all wounds, and I am so eternally grateful.
19) Getting a job that pays the bills. These are hard to come by these days, so I am really thankful. I have the added bonus of doing something I'm passionate about, which is incredible.
20) My new apartment, with two wonderful girls who just took me out for pumpkin chocolate chip cake to celebrate my birthday!
21) Over the course of this year, I have had big fears, big adventures, and big joys, and I have seen God's hand in every one of those. I am thankful for another year of growing closer to Him and seeing his provision in so many ways.
Here's to year 22!!
rague. This was amazing not only because its my favorite city in the world, but the friends who made it special. And the most yummy birthday meal ever.2)Living with roommates who have cats/kittens. None of these have been mine, but playing with Babar and Italics
on a regular basis has been a highlight of my days (besides getting bitten a lot).3) Learning to cook. I'm no gourmet chef yet, but at least I'm doing more than microwaving these days.
4) Living in Glasgow, one of the coolest, edgiest, hipest cities ever, for four months. Even just walking to get groceries was a thrill!
5) Eating crepes and bagettes in Paris by the Seine. Ahhhh....
6) Seeing the Swell Season and Sara Groves perform live....two of the best concerts I've ever had the pleasure of attending.
7) Reading Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea and Stones Into Schools, and Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns. Go read these books.
8) Seeing the grave of Geoffrey Chaucer in Westminster Abbey.
9) Camping under the desert stars in the New Mexico wilderness
10) I became a college graduate! Not that it means much these days...
11) Experiencing a snowstorm in the middle of June in the Colorado Rockies.
12) Eating Dijon mustard in Dijon, France, and a hamburger in Hamburg, Germany.
13) Meeting my Scottish friends Roddy and Fiona, witnessing their engagement, and being a bridesmaid in their wedding in Scotland, all in one year. I couldn't have imagined anything so wonderful :)
14) Meeting new friends from Scotland, Germany, France, India, New Zealand, Poland, and America, to name a few. The best part of traveling is getting to know so many wonderful people from such wildly diverse backgrounds!
15) Having one last semester to really savor and appreciate the fact that I was studying two subjects I loved. I miss both Dance and English classes these days.
16) Working with refugees as a volunteer, an intern, and now as a full time case manager. It is both the most challenging and most rewarding thing I have ever done.
17) Eating fresh vegetables from our garden and homemade barbeque this summer with my family. Yummy!
18) Reuniting with one of my best friends after over a year apart. This is a testament to the love of Christ being strong enough to cover all wrongs and heal all wounds, and I am so eternally grateful.
19) Getting a job that pays the bills. These are hard to come by these days, so I am really thankful. I have the added bonus of doing something I'm passionate about, which is incredible.
20) My new apartment, with two wonderful girls who just took me out for pumpkin chocolate chip cake to celebrate my birthday!
21) Over the course of this year, I have had big fears, big adventures, and big joys, and I have seen God's hand in every one of those. I am thankful for another year of growing closer to Him and seeing his provision in so many ways.
Here's to year 22!!
September 15, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Happy Birthday to you and may year 22 bring us even more goodness from your wonderfully written articles.
September 28, 2010 at 8:45 PM
here, here. ALSO, Italics looks so TINY!