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...for reminding me of this beauty today. because oh my goodness, this song!
also, sorry for not keeping up with posting as much these past coupla days, friend. i've not been too inspired lately, so that's why. but i'm sure i will soon!
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gahhhhh i loved making this video!!! every time i watch it, i'm even more thankful that these people are my friends! just joy on joy on joy! i hope it blesses you like it blesses meee!
...is what you'd probably say about my so-called "weekly" installments of poetry night class.. to which i say, i'm soooorryyyy for not keeping up every week! but don't you worry! we're still alive & well! (for the most part.. erika had to leave early tonight because her headache was so bad and last week we thought casie might not make it with her cold ;( ) but yet, poetry 310 in hibbard ("the bird") 313 goes on! this week: we were antsy pants tonight and it was hard to sit through class from the start, but we got to talk about nature and nick and i even shared in class about how we use nature as a means to meet with God! also, (p.s.) this is the first smiling picture we got of nick in any of these installments because right before, he may or may not have quoted a cheesy "musical" that takes place in a "high school" that we all know and love (; we laughed so hard! ...man, these friends of mine! i wouldn't be able to make it through class without em! i'm so thankful!  last week: poor casie & her cold, lil trooper! we also found out last week that our prof used to be a mailman until he ditched that route and went back to school to follow his dreams! what an inspiration, huh?!  the week before last week: i honestly don't even remember. it rained that day.  until next week! (or maybe not, we don't know! ...the suspense is killing you, isn't it?! :))
  you should listen to promise by ben howard, because it's incredible and because it's fall and because it will make you think of holland. don't know holland? i'm so sorry! you should find a way to fix that as soon as possible!
i'm soo into this spot i'm sitting in at infinitea tea shop on barstow street... just the best cozy atmosphere today! ...i'm soo not into the classic rock music that they've got goin on loud. haha, it is makin me laugh though! ...oop, now they're playin opera! haha, spicy! yesterday my dad texted me saying that he is thinking of me "with great affection" and i just don't think he understands how much that meant to me. ...dad also texted me something he learned in sunday school yesterday, and i want to pass it along to you: "no matter how healthy your earthly relationships are- mother, father, daughter, son, sister, brother, spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend - at the end of the day, no one will fully care about you or love you personally and intimately the way your Heavenly Father does. no one thinks about you constantly as He does." my mom tells me she's praying for me and i think, are ya kiddin me? is this real?? like, what, these are my parents?? i am thankful for cory long. one who has been consistently teaching and showing me Christ and it blesses me every day to know he's my friend! plus, he shares his swamp drink with me and that's true friendship if you ask me! (: one day, i found myself wearing ariel's flannel and afton's scarf and i have concluded that borrowing my friend's clothes is a new love language of mine. fall in eau claire is one of my most favorite things! that becca zimmerman. i hope she'll forever be my friend! to be quite honest, something deep down in my heart has been more than a little down these days.. but the LORD is so beautiful, i love what He does in the midst of brokenness or pain or discouragement! #canigetanamen?! the other day, i was thinking about the caf and decided it's kind of profound what goes on in there.. hahh, i mean think about it! when else in your entire life do you eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner with friends (and strangers) all in the same age group like that and it's actually the place you happen to live too?! i don't know if this is making any sense, but it made sense in my head! i decided i'm pro-caf... for now. if i had another year of it, though, i'd probably change that decision.. coral calls me alexi rae. i love it so much! i love her so much.. honestly, she's like my sister. i want to encourage you with something! the other day when i woke up, i thought i heard in my head the LORD saying, "you are so precious to me, do you know that?" and i don't know if it's an idea that i made up in my head, but i don't think it was! i think God has been showing me that, for some reason i can't figure out, i am precious to Him. gosh, it almost moves me to tears every time i think about it! i want to challenge you to think of yourself that way, too, fellow Jesus-follower.. as precious to Him. ..."since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because i love you, i will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life." (isaiah 43:4.. to israel) one last thing: remember this... "the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life." (job 33:4) ...does that fill you with purpose or what? today my friend luke told coral "go in peace" when she left and i like that so much! so, go in peace, friend!     from that spontaneous monday when i stepped into paige's new stout world for a little while and we stumbled upon these fields of glory. have i ever said i love that sun? ...just checkin. (;
...but i finally got around to finishing a lil movie documenting bits and pieces of mine. and i actually kind of like that i'm posting this when it isn't summer, because it makes me realize how much different an "ordinary" day can look. if i were to document my days lately, it would be drastically different. but there's some kind of sweetness in that.. it makes me appreciate all of those little ordinary details when i step back and notice that they're so different.
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this weekend, i house-sat for a family in eau claire. my normal job is to clean for them throughout the week, but this weekend i stayed overnight too while they were away. so on saturday, anna and holland came with me to the house for a bit while i cleaned. anna played piano and holland sat in one of the rooms, and i was surprised at how i felt my spirit rest. i was cleaning the kitchen floor, for heaven's sake, but i felt so much peace! i had been at the house by myself earlier, but something was different about having them there. none of us were talking to each other, but i felt such a knowing of their love.. for me and for God and for people.. it was some sort of radiating deep contentment from both of them that was undeniably the LORD. i've never known such friendships as i have at found at eau claire, and on saturday, adventuring and even just being in the same proximity as these two people i love more than i can say washed the deepest gratitude over my soul as i became more aware of this gift. the gift of people surrounding me who love me from the overflowing of their Jesus-centers. i'm so undeserving.         
...holland dumped broccoli cheddar soup on justin's head?
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"aslan, aslan. dear aslan,” sobbed lucy. “at last.”
c.s. lewis 
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May 2020
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