things that bring me joy this morning:

clean water. seriously. watch this charity:water

earth day. do yourself a favor; go rent bbc's planet earth and spend some time being thankful for the incredible gift that is our home.

conversations with good friends about how, somehow, our heartbreak helps us experience our humanity more significantly.
**if you've seen me recently, you may have noticed that i'm walking with a limp. okay, not literally. but spiritually and emotionally, i've been on crutches for the past few weeks. i won't go into the gory details, but let's just say that life has taken some turns i wasn't necessarily expecting or feeling ready for. and that brings me to my next point:

realizing that the times when i am humbled, broken, and desperate for healing are really the times when God reveals Himself to me more clearly, and blows me away again with love, grace, generosity and presence.

i'm going to be a nurse. BOOYAH! some crazy school in boston decided to take a chance on me, and i get to go learn how to meet some real needs. and get my butt kicked for 18 months, but that's another story.

songs and friends that remind me that i am part of something beautiful.

riding my bike to work without the chain falling off the gears, or the gears shifting without me telling them to. simple grace:)

having a bike. a yellow one.

roommates who bring me mint it's its (if you don't know what that is, shame on you!)

my friends. i know that seems obvious, but i don't want to take for granted the gift of friends who know me, love me, support me, cry with me and make me laugh. you know who you are.

...and my cup overflows...