say, what?

Wow, I cannot believe that it's almost 2010. I am almost two decades old (though I feel many older than that) and I'm more than halfway done with my bachelor's degree. I've been working at the center for one year, I've been living on my own for a year and a half, and I've got enough in savings to almost buy a (cheap) new car.

This year has been challenging to say the least.
I've learned the horrors of drug addiction,
learned what co-dependency is first-hand,
felt the tight grip of depression,
laughed when I thought I could never laugh again,
been shown the importance of friends,
made some of the best friends I can ever imagine,
seen my two year-old nieces grow (so differently, yet so much alike),
and fallen in love with hundreds of homeless and high-risk youth in a city I never expected to enjoy so much.

I've been completely blessed with a life I wouldn't trade for the world. I know my family worries about me and my friends wonder why they never see my face, but I feel like I am living the life God wants me to be living. It is wonderful to be able to say those words, because my relationship with God has changed and changed this year. I have wondered at the dryness of the desert and my thirst has been quenched in the most inopportune moments. I've fought the beliefs I once had and transformed them to fit into my current environment in a way that makes sense. And I've definitely learned that God will never fit inside my head.



This Christmas was relaxing (I call sleeping at least 12 hours every day this weekend pretty relaxing) and I'm ready to get back to the fast-paced life I live. One of my high school friends is getting married on the 2nd and that is currently blowing my mind, but it will not be the only ridiculous thing to happen in 2010, I think.

I can't wait to see what this year has in store. I can't wait to see where God will take me.