a Heart's Ramblings.

This was good for me to read today... Advice for living life at home as an adult? This can be a great thing or it can be a horrible thing. What's really unfortunate about the whole topic is that there is this crowd of homeschoolers out there that has almost ruined the reputation of us "still-at-home-after-highschool" ers. When I say ruined our reputation, I mean ruined the way people as a whole think about young people living at home/not going away to the typical 4yr degree, secular college deal. They've almost ruined it because there is a large number of graduated girls (and guys, but we're just talking about the girls here so I won't get started on the guy problem) who do nothing but wash laundry, make dinner, and browse the web. Now, I'm not saying those things are bad. (I do each of them!) But if that's all you're doing there is a serious problem. I've seen way too many girls who have done that. You will look back year...

How You Live. It's a song I used to love to listen to when I was young, and just happened upon it again months ago. Doesn't have the best theology, but hey? Didn't I say I was young? It still rings true just as much as it did before, anyway. Take time to watch a sunrise out your bedroom window. Wear your favorite dress, and use your best dishes. Make big messes and wishes... In short, THIS LIFE is short. I need to take advantage of the little time that I have here. Use it. I'll be remembered for how I lived, not all the silly little accomplishments that I think are important right now.  I need to enjoy living, but also give of myself.  Spread the love around. Wear my favorite clothes and use my best dishes, but be okay with it when that favorite dress gets an oil stain from cooking dinner, and those perfect dishes shatter when they drop from little chubby hands trying to help get dinner on the table. Get the radio out, set in the middle of the room. Crank the volume...

Ah. Don't you love the feeling of a fresh new start? That's how I feel right now as I type in the very first words of this new journal-of-sorts of mine. A new beginning. Of course, I start waaay too many journals and never continue on with them... but this one, I hope, will be a little easier to keep up with.  My reasons, you ask?  1) It's stored online (can be accessed on any computer, can't ever be accidentally lost/deleted), no size limit. (hooray for unlimited space!)  2) I can start posting PICTURES of daily life (double hooray for unlimited space!): One of the things I've always wanted to incorporate into journaling as that is where my heart is, but I've never been able to figure out how to do that in an efficient way. This should make it much, much easier. =)  3) Okay, okay. YES. this is a little more fun than a plain and sorry Word document. I'm an honest person, right?? 4) This is much more organized than my other attempts. Dated posts and al...