Wow...what a summer this has been! From bad break-ups to awkward dates, from financial chaos to...ahem...even more financial chaos. My, my, my, this has certainly been a bumpy ride but I can honestly say that I've enjoyed each and every moment of it. Despite every little heartbreak, I've grown stronger from each and every one. Its so comforting to at last see things finally falling into place. God works in such mysterious ways. To think that in just three short days I will at last be living in my own place with my best friend is such an incredible feeling. And much, much more--I'm doing it on my own (with some help from my incredible parents, of course)!

I'm learning more and more with each and every single day. Learning to mature, learning to play hard and to work even harder, learning to appreciate the payoff, and much more importantly, I'm learning to forgive and to love again.


"I would rather not go
back to the old house
I would rather not go
back to the old house
there's too many
bad memories
too many memories

When you cycled by
here began all my dreams
the saddest thing I've ever seen
and you never knew
how much I really liked you
because I never even told you
oh, but I meant to

Are you still there?
or have you moved away?
or have you moved away?

I would love to go
back to the old house
but I never will
I never will
I never will
I never will"
- Back to the Old House - The Smiths