Chels in Progress

My list of places to travel around the U.S. keeps growing, as does the my desire to go explore. 66 Drive-In Theatre. Arches. Arkansas. Atlanta. Barton Springs. Bend. Boston. Cape Hatteras. Chelsea, NY . (2013) Chelsea, OK. Chicago. Crystal Cove . (2014) Detroit. Ellis Island. Four Corners . (2015) Green Bay. Hollywood sign. Int'l. Cherry Blossom Festival, Macon, GA. Joshua Tree . (2015) Laguna tide pools . (2014) Mt. Rushmore. National Air and Space Museum . (2013) Niagara Falls. North Carolina. Oklahoma. Peoria. Philly . (2013) Racine. Savannah. Seattle. South Carolina. South Dakota. Statue of Liberty. Texas. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Washington, D.C.  (2013) Wigwam Motel . (2015) Yellowstone. Yosemite . (2015) Zion.  (2014)

Today, I woke up to my phone ringing eleven minutes after I should've clocked in to work (which was supposed to be 4:00am, mind you).  Not only so, but I'm sick, and woke up to a gnarly nose situation happening (I'll spare you the details).  It wasn't a pleasant start to the day.  I was already hoping to leave work early since it was a shorter shift and they wouldn't be missing me too much, but when I realized I was late to work, my hope for that vanished.  I figured it wasn't appropriate to ask to leave early when I was coming in a half hour late. As I pulled up to work, I realized that the first half hour of my absence had gone just fine without me.  The hours from that point went along painfully slow, and all I could do was pray I didn't appear as miserable as I felt.  Then, the manager in charge told me that if it was a productive morning for our crew, that he'd try to get me out of work early, since he knew how awful it felt being at work when sic...

You won't relent until You have it all, You Won't Relent by Jesus Culture on Grooveshark my heart is Yours. ♥

The things that we feel most deeply we ought to learn to be silent about, at least until we have talked them over thoroughly with God.  — Elisabeth Elliot This quote.

I went to write to God tonight, and it started out, " Lord ," and then my pen died out.  And as I looked at the paper, I just capped the pen and stopped.  He- in His entirety or in partiality, in name and in character- is enough.  And nothing I could write would ever compare to that one name. Lord.  Yahweh.  I AM. You are more than enough. Thank You for reminding me. Thank You for slowing me down. I need You .

Thank You for adopting  me into Your family. Thank You for letting me sit at Your feet and adore You. You are more Holy than i could ever comprehend or imagine. to God be the glory.

1. fireworks. 2. summertime . 3. the beach . 4. quiet times . 5. new steps. 6. talks with my dad. 7. nostalgia. 8. baseball . 9. country music. 10. 'merrrrica.