The past two years... in a list.

I started posting to the the Honey Hive two years ago. It began as a class project, a way to articulate my values and opinions outside the bounds of a formal paper. Since that project ended, I have:

~ Gone to graduate school
~ Driven x-country alone to work on farm in WA
~ Found a new family on the Puget Sound
~ Driven home with my sweet friend, Sarah
~ Rearranged my room a dozen times
~ Lost dear friends
~ Listened to hundreds of hours of Harry Potter
~ Changed my mind more times than I, or anyone, can keep track of
~ Found myself - somewhere between sunlit days of studying and talking in the library, the mountains of the Hudson Valley, nights in a white canvas tent, and the dreams of farming, who I am became clear
~ Fallen in love and had my heart broken
~ Discovered the singular pleasure of deep sleep followed by morning coffee
~ Had dozens, or hundreds, or maybe just a few prayers answered
~ Discovered about 20 new bands
~ Become a blog-reading junkie
~ Made fast friends with Jess, Brie, Alyssa, Alfred, Terry and Paul*
~ Read 42 books NOT assigned for a class
~ Drank at Barber's more times than I should reveal in this post
~ Chosen not to count how many assigned books I've read in an effort not to cry
~ Shed relationships that did not bring me life
~ Cut 12 inches of my hair off
~ Cried myself to sleep on three occasions
~ Laughed so hard I either fell on the floor, choked on the food I was eating, or had to spit my drink out in the sink
~ Chased a baby lamb for 10 minutes and enjoyed looking so foolish

I'm sure there's more. There always is. But for now, this feels like a good picture of what my life for the past two years has looked like. Sometimes it's necessary, for me at least, to look at where I've been in order to more clearly see where I am going. Thank you for indulging my reminiscence.


*Thank you, Dear friends. You are the magic makers, and for that, I am filled with gratitude. All my love.