4.

Loved this time with my precious husband so much.

A cabin.

A romantic steak dinner.

Love letters.

I love being married to him.

And I love what God is doing in us.

3.

Night Heron.

This place is quickly becoming a favorite.

 

 

2.

Jeff & I got our new iPhones today!!!

It only took four visits to the Verizon store, but it's finally in my hands!

So excited!!!

1.

I decided to pick this blog back up for two reasons.

First, because I want to feel beautiful again.

Somehow taking pictures of myself, seeing myself in different ways, helps.

Second, I want to choose gratitude again.

I want to see the goodness of God and the beauty of the life He has given me.

I will probably not post every day.

The point is more in counting blessings and keeping memories.

So on this day, there was a soft little afternoon shower, after which I rode my bicycle to bible study with the girls.

 

187.

well friends,

it looks like i'm going to have to let this blog go for awhile.

i'm shamefully behind anyway.

i am going to be in haiti for the next eight weeks and i don't think i can manage to keep this up.

but i am looking forward to starting again when i get home and sharing more photos with you.

it's sure been fun for me.

i hope it has been for you, too. ;)

it's been a stressful and emotional few weeks trying to get ready for this trip.

it seems like just when life gets intense and i need to be focused and collected, emotions start piling up and become hard to deal with.

and consequently i become hard to deal with.

but i think God has been allowing these things to break me down and open me up, preparing me like soil to receive every drop of grace He is ready to give me.

i am restless.

i am ready to experience God in a new way.

to meet Him in a new place.

and i know there is meaning to it all.

a little resurrection every time i fall.

i want to leave you with the beautiful words of my musical hero jon foreman.

"i am the sea on a moonless night,

calling, falling, slipping tides.

i am the leaky, dripping pipes

the endless aching drops of light.

i am the raindrop falling down,

always longing for the deeper ground.

i am the broken, breaking seas,

even my blood finds ways to bleed,

even the rivers ways to run,

even the rain to reach the sun,

even my thirsty streams.

even in my dreams,

i am restless,

looking for you.

i run like the ocean to find your shore.

i'm looking for you.

until the sea of glass we meet,

at last completed and complete,

the tide of tear and pain subside

laughter drinks them dry.

i'll be waiting,

anticipating,

all that i aim for,

what i was made for.

with every heartbeat

all of my blood bleeds

running inside me

looking for you,

looking for you."

if you're reading this, i love you and i'll miss you.

see you on the flip side. :)

- molly

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and this, my friends, is what two months worth of clothing in a carry on bag looks like.

i have soooo much more STUFF to pack!

185.

so my neck and back have been hurting almost constantly (and getting steadily worse) ever since the wreck.

this week i started going to the chiropractor to get things fixed and it has helped immensely.

but here's the thing.

when i'm laying on my face and he's cracking away on my back... i can't help laughing.

i mean giggling hysterically.

it's rather embarrassing.

and btw, i love andy griffith. ;)