Fireflies.
Honeysuckle.
Fireworks.
The pool.
Friends and laughs.
Road trips.
Cacti.
Rainbows.
Sunsets.
Driving with the windows down, sunroof open, singing at the top of my lungs.
That sums up my summer so far. It has been FABULOUS!
I have missed out on so much before this year. Life. Love. Laughs. Just enjoying being with friends and family.
I've been going nonstop, traveling to new places, laying out by the pool, smelling the sweet summer air. There's nothing quite like it.
I'm now in Hotlanta, and over the past 3 weeks I've been to 4 states, slept in 8 different beds, and living out of the same suitcase since Father's Day. But I wouldn't trade it for anything.
I love having the freedom to travel and see friends, new places. Sometimes it seems that people feel sorry for me because the majority of my friends are married and I'm still single. But I love it. Right now, more than ever before, I'm learning new things and feeling comfortable in my own skin and it's due to the fact that I'm still on my own. I've never been a woe-is-me single soul. I've revelled in it while I have it. I know if one day I'm married, I may not have the same freedom to travel and jetset across the dirty South:).
I've seen at least 6 rainbows this summer. Each time I remember God's promise to us, that He will take care of us. It brings a smile to my face. How can one not look at a rainbow and be reminded of all God has done? How can one not be amazed at the beauty of creation?
I LOVE THIS LIFE. I love this summer! I'll be 27 this week, hard to believe. Sometimes you just don't think you're as old as you really are. Like being 26. Kids (and by kids I mean kids) at UTK ask if I'm a senior and when I tell them my age, they just don't believe it. I look in the mirror and most of the time I still think I'm 23/24. Soon I'll be thirty. Then it's all downhill from there, right?
Maybe this self-denial works when you're 85. You look in the mirror and think I still look like I'm 67. Just maybe, it could be a good thing later in life.
