It's the little things.

Little things around that are bringing me joy:

The start of Autumn

Seeing childhood friends

Noonday Jewelry

All pieces fair trade, handmade, and beautiful!

Purple pansies

Kayaking with a dear friend

Pretty pottery

Vase made by my Uncle. Candlesticks and platter are McCarty, only made in Mississippi.

Pictures of my grandparents

What i'm reading

What i'm listening to

What are you enjoying?

Vacation

I'm back from hiatus. I took a break because of, well, life.  Since I finished school, I pretty much studied every day for my board exam until I took it (and I passed, wooo!).  Now i've started my first "real world" job and i'm loving it.

Before I took my exam though, David and I took a long vacation. 12 whole glorious days.  Since we've been married, one of us has always been in grad school. We've never had time like this, David even requested the vacation days off last year.  And it also happened that one of my good friends was getting married in out West during the same time. So we started off in California and ended in Colorado.  A perfect trip of memories to look back upon and i'm so thankful for it. Enjoy a few of my favorite pictures:

 San Fransisco

Sonoma

Monterrey/Carmel/Big Sur

Denver/Estes Park, Colorado

That's all, folks!

Well, it happened. I have finally completed my Masters degree in Occupational Therapy. 

It feels surreal. I don't think it has sunk in yet...although it sure felt nice and strange to sleep in this morning. I remember crying tears of joy when I read my acceptance letter to school in the mail. And I teared up again driving away from my last day. Thankful. I'm just so thankful.

I'm thankful that we moved across the country to Georgia, to a town we had never visited.

I'm thankful that my husband was nice enough to agree to do the above statement for me.

I'm thankful for our church and the immediate friends God put in our lives once we got here.

I'm thankful for my classmates.

And even though I never would have wished to gone what I went through having a miscarriage, and having to take a year off of school, I am thankful for that year. The time I had to invest in my husband, family, and friends, I am thankful for that. What God taught me bringing me through that hard time, I am thankful for that.

I am thankful for all of my wonderful new classmates.

I am thankful for the amazing clinical experiences I had and having the best supervisors I could have been blessed with.

I'm thankful for my parents and all of their encouragement. And for my mom for making me want to become an OT in the first place.

I'm beyond thankful for this guy. He has supported me in every way, loved me, put up with me, and kept me sane. 

As I look back over my these last few years, I can see how the Lord provided again and again. And for His love and rescuing, i'm thankful for that more than anything.

Refreshment for the weary

The day-to-day has been full for us lately us.  Just the busyness of jobs, commitments, doctor's appointments, etc.   Earlier this month we got to spend a long weekend up at my parent's house in Boone and it was just the refreshment we needed (especially after David worked 11 days straight prior).  The weather was perfect and the family time was even sweeter because David's mom and sister traveled up there too.

Being up in the mountains is my happy place.

I mean, come on. I could sit there all day.

I'm thankful for God's beautiful creation and the way He refreshes our spirit in little ways, like with flowers and a cool breeze, even when we're just trudging through the day-to-day. 

"For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish." - Jeremiah 31:25

Over this past month we've also celebrated David's birthday AND our fourth wedding anniversary. Man, I thought I loved him way back when. Couldn't have ever imagined how much I love him now. Thankful to have walked through another year with him.

I hope everyone is finding little ways to get refreshment.