sweet reminders

so it's 12:41am and i cannot sleep. not a serious problem, since i don't have to get up before 9:00am until thursday of this week, but i'm tired. just not sleepy. haha.



tonight was a sweet reminder of how life's come full circle in some ways. with friendships, and boys, and just...life. it's nice to see how some things don't change. how some people are by your side, through it all. sure, it's hard when people walk away and walk out of your life, and it will happen...but if you get lucky, you'll have some people who stick around. and maybe even some who walk back in your life later.



i have so much on my mind right now at this time of year. it's a hard time of year for me...a lot of difficult and painful memories are associated with thanksgiving and christmas...but for some reason, every year, i find i love Christmas more and more. this idea of joy in the darkness, of peace and purpose in the pain. the fact that so many things happened around this time makes the season that much sweeter, because i know Christ came and was human, and experienced all of this, and is yet fully man and fully God. such a comfort.

i take joy in the future..i know God's provisions are perfect. i can see that, now, as i look at the past...