valuable lessons I have learned/am learning, and some random in between.

1) At the beautiful marriage retreat, I learned not to focus so much on the exact words someone is saying, but rather, on the heart of what they are trying to say. Like sometimes, when I start senteces with "You never..." I should just say, "I miss you."
2) Our dishwasher floods.
3)  I have friends that I love, and we are in each others lives for a reason.
4) Birchcroft is a gift. It is not about me. It is not about how much time I put in or what I get out. It is a gift. Like life. Even though my professor tries to convince me otherwise.
5) Ungratefulness is the enemy. Comparison is the antichrist.
6) Little Blue by Josh Garrels is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard a father write for his daughter. Take a listen.
7) I miss things I don't have, especially during the holidays. And I know if I am,  we are all carrying certain things with us around the holidays. Things we wish were different. Family relationships. Lost loved ones. Absent people. So, yeah.
8) My mom is amazing. Like, she really is the most amazing woman. She kicks ass at being a business woman, a single mother, a lover of God, a provider, and a hope giver. As I get older, I realize that more and more.
9) People who veer from the path-they are still in God's hands.
10) I am still broken, I still need healing, and I am so blessed to know that's okay. That its part of my testimony. That it is part of what God is doing in me. In all of us. In you. Stagnancy never got anybody anywhere. Carry on.
11) I am messy.
12) I am a procrastinator. I am really going to get serious about changing this. Go ahead and smirk, I am going to try. I cannot, however, promise anything about being messy.
13) I am ready to create things. I need to create time first. And then, I want to create.
14) I want to find that thing that goes beyond wife, friend, daughter, student. I think I am getting there. Finding it, at least. Not starting at all. Slowly but surely.
15) I want to be intentional about loving where I am, who I am, and what I am.
16) My favorite Christmas song will forever be the Little Drummer Boy.
17) I miss my countries. Greece, Ecuador. There is a feeling I get there that I don't get anywhere else.

18) Life doesn't resolve. Nothing fully resolves. Except for Jesus, His love, and even that doesn't fully resolve. Yet. It does. But not fully. And that is okay. And I can't explain it. And that's okay.