my heart belongs.

for the longest time i thought i'd lost the best of me.
but i'll be damned if i quit now and that's for sure.
all I ever wanted was for You to look at me and know i'm all Yours.
when You touch me i know there is purpose in my life just know i'm all Yours.
i'm a mess, i confess that i'm nothing without You and
there's nothing i can do to prove to You i'm being honest.
now i see everything and yes i've known it all along.
i was so lost, but now i'm back.
i finally know now where my heart belongs.
i never want to lose such a big part of me again.
-come what may by tsa

avoid poverty.

you need only do three things in this country to avoid poverty-
- finish high school, marry before having a child, and marry after the age of 20.
only 8 percent of the families
who do this are poor; 79 percent of those who fail to do this are poor.
-william galston, clinton white house

work.

listen to your heart.

it's hard.

"and it's hard.

it's much harder than I thought it would be,

but there's more good than bad.

and you don't just give up."

-the story of us

unless.

"unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better, it's not."
-dr. suess

completely crazy.

i've been a little bummed recently because a ton of my
friends are leaving off for these spectacular adventures this
summer and i'm stuck at home doing nothing.
my friend allison is interning in germany,
robin is at field school in ohio being an "armature archeologist",
my sister is going to language school and volunterring
in guatemala (read about her adventures here), and my friend
kelsey is moving to vermont for the summer.
while everyone else is taking off to do these amazing things,
i am here at home doing everyday, mundane things
like cooking, working, running, and being with family and friends.
but when i started to think about it, my summer is going to be
anything but boring; in fact it's going to be completely crazy.
i have four jobs and i'm taking an online class (or maybe two, i'm
on a wait list). last summer i worked two jobs and did nothing else,
but was still busy, so adding two more and classes is going to be
insane. i'm also training for a half marathon, which hasn't been
too hard to find time for over the past few weeks, but when my
other jobs start, it'll be difficult. and i've been having a bunch
of doctor's appointments recently which seem to be like another
job in themselves haha. add to that seeing friends, doing chores,
walking my dog, keeping in touch with my friends on their adventures,
trying to read books on my long list, and finishing up a couple
projects, and the summer is going to be gone in a second.

i'm looking forward to being a division director and cabin
counselor at camp cherith this summer, working at concerts
at darien lake (including blink 182!!), nannying for 3 weeks,
working at frontier field for red wings games, taking a
sociology of family class at MCC (and maybe a spanish class),
and all the other fun things i have on my calendar.
this summer is going to be insane and i hope i have time for sleep!!