Friends.

I am so thankful. I was reminded of my great thankfulness this weekend. I am thankful for my husband, who is my best friend and greatest confidante and encourager and gives me unending grace and love that goes above and beyond anything I could have imagined. I am thankful for my friends. The friends that have known me for years now; friends that knew me before I changed my name and walked through the last five years with me. Friends that let me be completely myself and love me for it - that I am so thankful for. For laughter and tears and honest conversations and hard conversations and dreams and memories and sleepovers. I love how we've all grown together and know each other better than before. I love reminiscing about the past, but I love even more the thought of knowing and loving each other for five, ten, sixty more years.

I don't know what life holds. I don't even know what this next year holds. But I am so thankful that, near or far, I will walk through life with these friends. I am so excited for the adventures that we will have, together and separately.

2012.

There is a lot of learning in this season. A lot of growing. 2012 is a busy, busy year. I think I've already learned more about human interactions, relationships, commitment, family, and myself this year than I ever would have expected. This is good, and this is hard. Life is full and good right now, and I'm so excited (and sometimes overwhelmed) to see where this year and the next five years and the next ten years take us. I believe that we will look back on these years with fondness and remember how exciting it was to be a part of these things. I believe that we will look back and see how much we learned and grew - individually, as a couple, and with our community. Love it.


 I also love delicious breakfasts on lazy mornings with my husband. We need these times to rest from our crazy weeks. I'm thankful that we still have the time and space to relax and be lazy.