giving

"You often say, 'I would give, but only to the deserving.' The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish. 
-Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

The Prophet is one of my top 5 favorite books. It is up there with The Alchemist, The Broken Wings, maybe Redeeming Love and I don't know what the 5th would be off the top of my head... should give that some thinking. 

Michigan

Ryan and I spent a week in Michigan. We got back on Thursday. On Friday, we left for his grandparents' house for his brother's wedding shower. We got home Sunday evening and I started work & class at 9:00 this morning. I am so tired, so I don't know why I'm awake at midnight. That's all. Nothing relevant to say. Just some pictures from Michigan.

  

crape myrtles

I wrote a really long post, but it was too much and I'm too jumbled to make sense of my thoughts this late, so here's this picture I found on google images from Saldivia-Jones photog (the picture was relevant to the entry I just erased):

ocean floor

This song just popped into my heart and I felt like I should post it.

Gianna Jessen, who survived an abortion, sang this song on the "October Baby" soundtrack.

ocean & emotion

I saw the ocean for the first time ever last week. It was beautiful.

Key West

Nassau

Now I'm back and I have a week of "nothing to do" and I am feeling hyper emotional and excessively introspective. I'm also spending way too much time on Pinterest & Etsy, due in part to my sister's upcoming baby shower.

I am just feeling like my own skin doesn't suit me the past few days; feels like I am just not in the right place, like I need to do something about it, but all I can do is try to think - yes, try, because fruitful thoughts are out of my reach in this strange state I find myself in. Just yikes.

Going to Michigan with Ryan next week. Looking forward to it. Will write here again in the next few days- and will actually have relevant pro-lifery to write about, I hope.