It's been so long.
So. Long.
I thought I'd stop in and make an appearance since this is, after all, my blog. And my life.
But, I fear, I have nothing good to say. I'd like to just cop out and post a poem or a random blurb of thought I've had over the past weeks (oh goodness, nearly month) since I've posted.
But maybe I don't need to say anything particularly insightful. Maybe I should just say "hello" and tell y'all some things I'm grateful for.
Life's moving at a pretty swift pace lately. Sometimes it's hard to distinguish one sunrise from the next, and it's certainly impossible to know what day it is because I thought yesterday was today and tomorrow was a week from now, and yet here we are on October 20, 2013.
The leaves have changed color, like I've been egging them on to do for some time, and now they're falling, which I admittedly, am not ready for. But the weather is perfect, crisp, and picturesque, and the light is so beautiful and tangible I feel like I could reach out and bend it.
The fall play is moving along frighteningly fast. And it's the same imbalance of emotions. Wanting everything to come together and the show to be here now, and wanting everything to drag it's feet so I can make the most of it while it's here.
I'm thankful for the chance to finally wear warm sweaters and boots and jackets. And for coffee and blankets and pumpkins and the smell of leaves when I walk outside.
I'm thankful for family, for my brother's engagement, and for the excitement that it brings.
I'm thankful for music, how it expresses everything I feel when I have not the words to express it myself.
I'm thankful for God's mercy and forgiveness. That even when I'm carrying the weight of all my burdens, God is carrying me.
I'm thankful for laughter, and the friends that bring that laughter to my life.
I'm thankful for mornings, even when I wish I was still sleeping, because they are full of hope, newness, and opportunity.
I'm thankful for prayer, and though I don't pray as much as I ought to, I love the fact that I can when and how and wherever I need to.
I'm thankful for words and how I can use them, shape them, see them, feel them every minute of every day. I'm thankful for God's work through words and the beauty of words.
And I suppose I'm just thankful for this day that God gave me. For peace. For blessings. For hope.
And that is all the good I have to say today.
I'm glad I stopped by.
...Love, Anna...
