Time to Count Blessings

My apologies for the last two blogs; but, part of my purpose of starting to write again was so that the negative things can't just stay in my head, the sadness can't just sit there and marinate.

That being said, I've lost my writing focus. My vision for this blog has developed into a forum for me write down what it means to be a daughter of Christ: what that means, the joys, the happy things, the sad things. Judging from the last two blogs, you would think that life is incredibly depressing right now. But, really, there are so many blessings in my life right now, I feel so much happiness and awe at the workings of God:

1. Eric and Merrylee got married on May 15th. It was a beautiful wedding, and I managed to make it through the ceremony without crying. I am ecstatically happy for them, they will live a long life together.

2. School: I love, love, love being back in school, and God has blessed me with incredible professors. The only problem is I go to bed and visions of taking derivatives float through my head.

3. Mighty Writers is the organization I've been volunteering at, working with their after-school homework program. I've recently been working with two 10-year-old girls on writing a play, and during that time I've gotten to know them and glimpse the world as they see it. They have confirmed for me that choosing to go back to school to become a teacher was the right choice: my heart goes out to them, as they tell about how their fathers are not present in the household and their mothers got pregnant at 16. It's just a constant reminder that I live in a city of so much need.

4. Family: my brother just finished his junior year of college at Penn State and my sister just finished her freshman year at Gettysburg: I am so incredibly proud of them. My brother and I in particular have gotten much closer in the last few months, and for this, I am thankful.

5. I have recently found myself in many opportunities to be of help and support to various friends. I do this with joy, and I am so glad to have them all in my life.

6. Rachel: I love this woman. She has been an amazing help and a constant conversation-starter, as well as a companion to eat pasta and watch Big Bang Theory with. Words cannot express how happy I am to have her in my life and now, in my household. I look forward to at least a year of constant trouble-making.

7. Closure: There has been a lot of closure on several past romantic relationships, including closure that I was not expecting.

"For you make me glad by your deeds, O Lord; I sing for joy at the works of your hands." -Psalm 92:4