May 22nd
7:04 PM
7:04 PM
Summer means curly hair and oversized slouchy shirts and the smell of sunless tanner
April 21st
9:38 PM
9:38 PM
If we were married, this is probably what I would look like when I came home from work. I would probably be tired, but not too tired to talk and listen to you tell me about your day. I would probably want to curl up next to you and listen to your heartbeat and read or watch TV or think about things. I would probably play with your hands and let you pet my hair and nuzzle your soft neck and tell you how much I like you. And I would probably think about how happy I was that we found each other and how I hoped we would never have to live without each other ever again. Probably this is what I would look like if we were married.
April 12th
9:08 PM
9:08 PM
Hanging out with Nutzy, the Flying Squirrels mascot!
March 26th
11:40 PM
11:40 PM
I LOVED having my hair this short. I felt more confident, I felt like it really suited my personality and my face shape. A lot of people told me how much they liked it and admired my bravery in going so short. And I got it cut during a pretty difficult time in my life, where I knew I needed an emotional and spiritual change in my life, and I wanted an outward, physical change to symbolize that.
But like Hayley said, I thought that cutting my hair would heal me, and it didn’t. I still fell back into a lot of patterns of my “old self,” if you will. It took a lot more than cutting my hair to make me feel like a new person. But you guys, God has been so faithful in healing my heart in many ways this year, and none of that has to do with my hair.
Still, I can’t wait to have hair this short again. I truly love how I look with hair this length. It makes me feel brave and like I have nothing to hide. When I talk about cutting it again, sometimes people give me funny looks or ask why I would want to cut it again, and truth be told that does make me start to feel a little self-conscious again, but really I think my pixie cut was probably the best decision I ever made regarding my hair, and I’m really longing to go back.
Wow, this is really long and it’s all about hair lol. Whoops sorry. Also, mad props to my best friend Mandy for taking these pictures of me in the fall of 2010!
March 19th
9:15 PM
9:15 PM
Look it’s me and my sister
She’s my best friend, I love her so much and she loves me too. We’re the best sisters.
Jessy, today one of my students mentioned Spring Break.
I thought of this.
SPRINGBREAK ‘08!
(Also, do you remember when we were in my room in Petty that night before we left, and we had that conversation about men and our desires to be in relationship? In that conversation I said something like “In 5 years we won’t even know each other or maybe even remember this conversation.” That was thankfully a lie.)
Praise the Lord that was a lie. First of all that is still one of my favorite vacations I’ve ever taken. Second of all you are such a blessing to my life and I think it’s crazy and wonderful that we became close after graduating. Do you remember our conversation on the senior sneak? I’m so thankful for the grace and wisdom you speak into my life. I love that we’re friends even from far away, you’re very good at loving people even when they don’t live near you. Ugh sappy sap post but really, you’re awesome and I love you lots.
March 13th
5:27 PM
5:27 PM
gpoy
I smell like sun ripened raspberries and sweat. Today was a good day. I worked with the kiddos and then got my sister her birthday present at Hobby Lobby. When I came home I went for a run (not quite a mile but I’m getting there!) and then sat on the porch and talked with my parents for a while. We’re having tacos for dinner tonight and it’s 77 degrees outside and lovely.
March 2nd
8:03 PM
8:03 PM
Look, I used to have long hair.
And I straightened it all the time. And I wore lots of makeup. Well, more than I do now.
February 18th
10:06 AM
10:06 AM
Big bushy curly hair.
February 9th
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
This morning.
