Full of Joy

me 'n father. some where along the line of my life, i started to affectionately call my dad "father". it has always been this silly thing that i would do, and it always made us laugh. but it's just stuck and i almost always answer my phone when he calls "hello father." and he will almost always respond "hello daughter." i've already sent my gift, and my card (and he's already cried when he read it!), but as i scurry around my apartment today making food, cleaning, making more food, studying, etc. i keep thinking of my precious father. i have the oldies station blasting. i genuinely LOVE oldies!! my whole life my dad has had the oldies station going whether he was working in the garage, driving me to practice, doing yard work, going on family vacations in the hot wagon or dust buster, or when he and i do our ritual morning coffee run to wawa at the beach and we ride in the truck- always the oldies! today my heart is smiling knowi...

sista texted this to me today...my heart melted. i can't even handle him. i am DYING DYING DYING to get my hands on him!!!! my love for this little guy is so strong already, and we haven't even formally met yet. i literally feel a weird pain in my heart because i love him that much...am i thee luckiest auntie in the world, or what?? this is my life for the next 9 months...

hi! i'm a barista! :) let me start off by saying i really dislike this picture, but it's the only one i have of me actually working! AND since this photo was taken many moons ago (shout out to good 'ol dickson city drive thru!) i have successfully advanced to the BLACK apron. yes folks, i am a coffee MASTER. anyway... over the course of this past week, i have received FOUR different presents from THREE different customers! seriously! it's been like christmas at starbucks! in order to protect the identity of the individuals involved (i think i've secretly always wanted to say that!), i will be referring to them by the name of their regular beverages. Gift #1: Half Shot, Tall, Stirred Caramel Macchiato along with Tall, Raspberry or Hazlenut Dark Roast They work at Macy's and left me a gift bag full of make-up (LOVE it!), perfume, (LOVE it!), lotions (LOVE LOVE it!), face moisturizer (LOVING it!), and cute lil make-up bags (still LOVING it ALL!)! names such as to...

i can not sit still. my heart is just BUBBLING over with happiness! check it out. for the previous several weeks in my life, i felt as if i was drowning in a deep, dark, black ocean with enormous waves constantly crashing down on my head. i couldn't get out. i was sinking further and further into the depths of the darkest sea. well, God wanted to rescue me! He chose to fly me all the way to jersey for jen-i-a's wedding to do it! literally, on the plane, right before i landed in philly, i wrote these words in my journal. "let me REST in your STRENGTH. let me give life. find me in spite of my wandering heart, and please speak on my behalf..." (i had read that in a book) i prayed this over and over as i landed. almost instantly my pleas were answered! i didn't know it at the time, but God was about to part the dark ocean waters and sweetly reach out and rescue me! it would impossible to describe each detail of how God so intimately has brought such freedom and happin...