what makes life grand.

-being able to walk on my tiptoes again.

(recovery from my February ankle surgery just about finished. Hallelujah!)

 

~job interview on Monday. :) :) :) Yay!

 

~grape scented bubbles; being a kid again with my little sister, filling the air with those delightfully delicious smelling bubbles. :D

 

~dreams spent with that one person you miss the most. Even if it's only a dream...it's magic.

 

~seeing pictures of a dear friend's newborn baby boy!

 

~Christmas lights still hanging in your room in April. And no plan to take them down anytime soon.

 

~these books.

 

 

Little things that make life grand. le sigh. What makes your life grand?

 

all pictures via weheartit, as usual. :)

in love with the rain.

 

 

When I was little, I was absolutely, positively terrified of thunderstorms. I'd get so nervous at that first sound of thunder, and I'd constantly ask my parents "Are we gonna have a tornado, are we gonna be ok??" I wouldn't leave my parents' side, and if it stormed during the night I'd either go to their room, or fall back asleep holding onto one of my stuffed wolves for dear life.

Now, all these years later, you wanna know what one of my absolute favorite things in the world is? Thunderstorms. :) And today, we're having our first one of the year. I love the smell in the air as the thunder is rumbling in the distance, and tiny drops of rain make their way down from the darkened clouds. I love getting cozied up either inside with the windows open, or on the porch, and listening to the birds singing along with the thunder. I love, I love, I love. With a warm, fuzzy feeling. Because winter is over and done, and a new aspect of God's beauty is springing up, as the world comes back to life.

 

In a happy place. :)

picture via weheartit

looking at the moon, but seeing you.

 

I wish that we could be together; oh, how I wish it could be so. But just imagine for a second that there’s another world out there, far beyond our own, where there’s another version of you, of me. Imagine that when we make wishes here, they come true there. So when I sit here and wish with all my heart that we could be together…well, in that other world, you and I are together, all because I wished for it to be so. So even though we’re rather far apart now, and you and I will never be together as we long to be…somewhere out there, we are just as we ought to be. And somehow, that makes the heartache a little less painful. Just the idea that there is this fictional world where you and I are living in our dream makes it all a bit more bearable, doesn’t it? Maybe we’ll even meet there someday, you and I. Perhaps we’ll get a chance after all.

both happy and sad and trying to figure out how that could be.





 

This past week has been different. Mostly in a good way. :) See, I quit my (almost) full time job last week, for a lot of reasons, but mainly because it was getting hard to take a real breath...and I know for certain that I made the right decision. Though I have an incredibly hard time saying goodbye to people, even people I don't necessarily love; I get so attached. I hate goodbyes. I hate not knowing when I'm going to see someone again, and I hate the idea that I'm going to be replaced or forgotten. I had someone at work who became one of my best friends, and I miss him terribly...I find myself wondering if he misses me.

This past week has been wonderful though. It was full of resting, Pinterest-crafting, diving into the LOTR books, and finally being able to really breathe again. Just what I needed.

I've been learning a lot over these past few months, about myself, about life in general.

I'm stronger than I seem, and I tend to be a fight cat (my dad's phrase).
It's okay to love someone with all you have, and for them not return that love...it doesn't make your love any less beautiful.
No matter how alone I feel, my family is good, and will stick by me.
I'm realizing that it's not just me that feels lost...we're all in this together.
A genuinely good man is harder to find than I ever realized.
And most importantly, more than anything, I want to live in Middle Earth with Aragorn and Legolas.

 

(my love for Legolas will never die.)

I love you guys. I miss my blogger comrades.