in 2017 my heart broke, fell even more love with jesus, and also flooded!
That was fun.
Without a doubt, 2017 has been the best year of my life. And not just because I got a free backpack, but also because God brought me face to face with His grace all over again. I'll be honest, sometimes I didn't want it. More often than not, I wanted the easy way out, the quick fix. A bandaid, and preferably a cute one, to patch everything up for the present time. Thankfully I'm not in control, and God isn't in the band aid business. And even though it hurt, it was a beautiful hurt. Ripping off a bandaid is never easy, but knowing that I would never again need the bandages that had once been my only source of protection was liberating. There is nothing more beautiful or painful or liberating than...removing bandages and exposing wounds?
how's that for a great mental picture?
you're welcome.
It's funny how our human bandaids fool us into thinking that we're healed and whole. As if a flimsy piece of fabric could ever fill a whole that only God was designed to fill! When Jesus comes and rips away our pathetic attempt at patching our puncture wounds, it's so different. The fit is just right. Seamless. Immaculate. As if that is how healing was always intended to feel.
And who knows, but I think it was.
"Seeking you as a precious jewel,
Lord to give up I'd be a fool."
// JANUARY //
-Went to a wedding on January 1st! (blogged about it HERE.)
-Tried to do calligraphy and drink expensive coffee (failed on both fronts because my handwriting still sucks and I spilled coffee on my shirt)
-Modeled for my pal Sydney...and customized my car in the process.
-went to a photography conference that freaked me out. So much talent in one room. So much awkward too.
// FEBRUARY //
-also made the worst typo of my life.
-started my new internship at CFA and LOVED it because Flowers.
// MARCH //
-passed biology with an A and decided to change my major. Thats what one good grade can to do you, HA.
-went to texas to visit ACU! (where I also spilled coffee on my shirt.)
-Visited the Dallas Arboretum during the Tulip Festival.
-published a blog post that i am proud of. and yes, it has typos.
//APRIL //
-Explored the South (and potentially trespassed on my favorite blogger) during
a wonderful Spring break trip
-Read a book that totally transformed my faith (Much more on this later!)-Judged a speech competition at a local elementary school and made many
friends, one of which is Norwegian!
-Got Baptized on the last day of the month.
// MAY //
-shot a wedding solo...almost shot myself the next day because yikes.
-WENT BACK TO DARK CHOCOLATE-pretended to graduate high school all over again
-started nannying/became a nervous wreck
// JUNE //
- joined the sea turtle society randomly at midnight on the beach?
-got beer dumped all over me at the orlando city game
-went to texas for orientation and ate a lot of tacos
-spent 90% of my time with 11 year olds and it was honestly pretty fun
// JULY //
- got married! jk just modeled for a friend's photography workshop but all my extended family thought they had missed the wedding invite in the mail when they saw the pics
-went to savannah with Sarah McNair to do bridesmaids things
-pretended to like Florida for 5 seconds and explore miami
-also explored tampa!
// AUGUST //
-my dear friend sarah got married! and I was in her wedding! and I didnt trip/cry/drop the bouquet. success!
-visited my cutie cousins in ATL
-breathed the same air as john mayer and my life will never be the same
-shot another solo wedding! This one was a much nicer experience
-experinced the most amazing sunset in the whole of history the night before i left for college
-moved to texas! started college! met my best pal mal!
// SEPTEMBER //
-almost decided to transfer to baylor after seeing Judah and the Lion there.
-learned how to two step...in front of a crowd #justtexasthings-went to a need to breathe concert and needed to leave because, high fever
-celebrated the first day of fall with a pumpkin spice lattes and leaves and 80 degree weather.
-almost died en route to amarillo due to a tire attacking our car.
// OCTOBER //
-Got a horrendous welt on my forehead... because I dropped a phone on my head while laying in the middle of the road at 2 in the morning. It was a fun story to tell over and over again. Not.
-stayed out till 4 am...because we got lost coming back from walmart
-saw JACK play volleyball in texas!
-a fall break so strange that Eleven would be jealous
// NOVEMBER //
-ended up in the ER because my heart flooded
-had the absolute worst thanksgiving break of my life
-but also attended the best friends giving you could imagine
-put "spotify" as my musical experience on an audition form...i didnt get in
-GOT A FREE BACKPACK
// DECEMBER //
-turned 20 in texas and felt all kinds of love from everyone
-survived finals
-went to a very fun craft fair!
-anual ice skating with the gang at home.
-ended the year with a wedding on the 30th! Bookends or what?
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