i don't know what it is about mornings, but i love them. maybe it is the anticipation of a day yet to be lived, a page about to be written. no matter how bad the day before was, the morning promises a fresh start, a new beginning. if i'm up with the sun, i find a stillness and peace enveloping me. the yellow light glows and warms my skin as it bounces against my freckles. it feels as if the earth is coming to life. nobody seems to be in as much of a hurry to get to work as...
Read Moreper·se·ver·ance: n. 1. steady persistaence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose; steadfastness 2. persistent determination 3. contancy, dedication, endurance, purposfullness, stamina through almost every trial we persevere. we endured through five years of studio critiques and are dedicated to causes that promote life. we fight for health despite sickness and endure hardships knowing we will be made stronger. if we don't persevere in struggles, we feel as if we've given up. we didn't have what it takes...we couldn't rise above. i am not made to give up. i am a fighter. i would rather fight and be...
Read Morei've been doing some sorting lately and felt selfish keeping these pictures all to myself...enjoy them knowing today is friday and that we'll always look back at memories from friends in seaton and smile! one night, none of us wanted to work in studio-so we rolled up matt's clay into little, tiny balls all over his desk and ate his lime tostitos...needless to say, that didn't put howell in the best mood! ron and dan infamous halloween parties began 2nd year as ernie & bert joe was ready for california 2nd year! tessa and i helping bess shade her trees, oh...
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this weekend, i went to kansas city. i went to see friends, buy furniture, to get away...but most of all, to drive. you see, in all of kansas, i have not found a better place to drive than between mile marker 104 and 119 on i-35. it's God's hidden treasure on the interstate between eldorado and emporia. have you ever tried to take a picture of a moment that is so much bigger than you? every time you look at it afterwards, it hints at what you saw, but it could never begin to contain what you felt. that's how...
Read Morelife is full of mile markers, things we use to catalog our lives. my parents fondly remember my first smile and my first memory was of pain as i fell from my crib. i remember carefully picking out my outfit for kindergarten and hearing the word sex for the first time, wondering why my teacher wouldn't let us talk about it. i stopped sucking my thumb immediately after i was made fun of on the bus by a high schooler and i remember when i broke 100 lb in fifth grade. the moment i accept Christ as my savior is...
Read Morea million miles away from anything familiar a thousand places i would rather be so i choke back the tears and try to find the bright side though i find it hard to see beyond my suffering in my heart i know Your plan is so much bigger but this small part is all that i can see and i believe You haven't left me here to wander still i can't help but ponder where You're leading me *and i ask why this road *why this way and this load *tell me how far i must go *'til i see *'til i know why this road a million miles away from anythig familliar what...
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