Utter Failures

A few days ago I came across something from a long, long time ago in a galaxy far away: a Tiffany charm. It reminded me of my very first trip to New York City when I was twenty years old. Gather round, children, and listen. It was New Years 2006, and I was a junior in college. A couple of my friends were going with a larger group of their friends to NYC for about 4 days over New Years. I had a couple connections, but the main connection to this group was a guy I had previously been dating but was no longer dating. Yeah, so... about that... We'll call him George. George and I had been friends since our freshman year and had admitted we were interested in each other toward the beginning of my junior year. He wasn't in college with me at the time but lived in the same city, so we saw each other and were "an item" or whatever. Fast forward a bit and he said he wanted to talk... bad sign. Anyway, it was the worst news you could get and things ended between us. That w...

It’s hard to write about certain things. When I was younger, I would let my emotions roll with the highs and lows. Good things are happening? Life's a breeze, and it’s wonderful to be alive! Things take a turn for the worse? Life is terrible, and I’m going to mope about it and probably write some emo poems. As I’ve grown, I can begin to see the ways He providentially allowed those more difficult times in my adolescence to show me my need for Him. This is an odd beginning to a story. Hang in there with me. All that to say, last month, God gave us a house. We celebrate six years of marriage on June 15th, and God gave us a house. Josh and I knew from the beginning that owning a house would be years down the road, but we made a decision to be thankful for whatever God provided. Well, at first, that was a little apartment in Alton, Texas. Look it up. You won’t be able to find it, but it’s in the Rio Grande Valley, and I loved it. It was our first place. For the first few month...