"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. What do workers gain from their toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. {He has made everything beautiful in its time.} He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it."
-Ecclesiastes 3:1-14

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Meet My Family :)






Meet My Family ☺

"The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to."
-Dodie Smith

Next to the fact that my sins have been completely paid for by the God of the universe, the next most important thing you should know about me is that I have one of the best families in the world! They are truly my greatest earthly blessing. OK, I know that sounds cliche and sappy, but it's true. They are my truest friends, my biggest supporters, the people I most love to laugh and cry with, and spend time with. They are the ones who are quickest to confront me in a loving manner, they are the ones who I have weird pet names for, they are the ones I trashtalk during a game of cards, they are my favorite people to watch a scary movie with or to renovate a room with or to sit around the dinner table with. Some of my favorite moments are when my family and I are all together. We don't have to be doing anything specific, but whether we are on a houseboat in Nevada, in Alaska in the dead of winter, scurrying around during a family wedding, or just chilling together on Christmas day, being together is enough. Hearing everyone laugh, talk over each other, tell jokes, share news, and obviously enjoy each other's presence in a chaotic, out of control way (my Mom likes to joke that we are the redeemed version of the family in Home Alone) constitutes a great day in my book. So without further ado, let me introduce you to the nine precious individuals I am so blessed to call my family…
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