1. stop crying about the pain of the past and rejoice for the good that is here and is to come!
2. "i realize that there is a mysterious link between our brokenness and our ability to give to each other...those periods [of brokenness] have proven to be the times that made us able to give more instead of less. our brokenness opened us up to a deeper way of sharing our lives and offering each other hope." -henri jm nouwen (life of the beloved)
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so, i have this great friend, and her name is also amanda. we have a lot of fun together.
on monday, we baked banana bread together. on wednesday we met for our writing group (with maria too!) on thursday we went snowshoeing at the state park. today we went to grand rapids to see blue valentine, which turned out to be extremely different than we thought it would be. luckily, we were able to laugh about it together! in between my hangouts with amanda, i have had an inntertube water polo game, made a trip to happy hour at cityvu, made dinner with maria and lizzy, hung out with paul and andrew at the radio station, had TWO snow days-and cooked a delicious breakfast with some wonderful girls for one!, went out in holland, saw my brightest diamond and the soil & the sun, spent a couple evenings at butch's with good friends, went on coffee dates, sent in four job applications to schools in chicago, skyped with my good friend sarah, went camera shopping, and hung out with good friends. there were many more good things to be thankful about this week too! but...all in all, this was a WONDERFUL week!
tomorrow: potluck!
snowshoeing pictures (thanks, amanda!):
writing group meeting #1 (complete with illegal candles and goofy movie songs)
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