Memories.

This afternoon, I went out to my grandpa's old house to help clean up before the estate sale in March. It was an eventful day....

Up until I was fifteen years old, I was the only granddaughter on that side of my family. Sadly enough though, my grandma died when I was a baby, so I have no recollections at all of her. However, I have been told all of my life that I am "definitely Ann's granddaughter". I don't really even know what that means, but I like to think that means I'm a little bit like her. :)

Since I have no memories of my granny, I had decided that as they were cleaning the house out that I really wanted something...anything...that could help me connect with my past. Even if I didn't actually remember HER, I wanted something to remember her by. Back before Christmas, I found these wonderful dishes in the kitchen, they are grayish white and blue...nothing I would normally pic out in a thousand years, and yet...utterly beautiful. Tonight I packed up those dishes and got to bring them home with me. I could hardly keep from tearing up a little as I wrapped these precious pieces of (well) worn history into their box for safe keeping.

They are, at this moment, my most prized possession.

A treasured link to the memories I never got to have.


:)

The days go on..

I've been home for over a month now, and it's weird because I feel like so much has happened. But...I don't really know what. Something is profoundly different, I just can't place my finger on it yet. I have been thinking a lot lately about praying without ceasing...I seem to be praying with a lot less ceasing lately and it's sorta the greatest thing ever. But to pray without ceasing...man...it sounds so complex, and yet so wonderfully simple! I love how God is like that sometimes. He Loves more than we can ever understand. He knows more than we could ever dream of knowing. He is beyond measure, beyond all comparison...and yet, He is also very near..

I don't really guess I have a lot to say, just wanted to post. Oh, and I put up a new video. Watch it--well, don't, but listen to the song. It's awesome.