The Musings of A Wandriously Flawed Introvert

One of my close friends lives way too far away in the Tri State area of Pennsylvania. We talked about meeting up somewhere about half for each of us and it was decided DC would be a good spot. I call it a whirlwind because I was only there for about 36 hours. As a very bad blogger, I didn't take any pictures. Don't hurt me...it's nice to just be in the moment without looking at it from your phone screen! Alas, the details of my adventure. Accommodations: Courtyard Arlington Rosslyn Excellent place and easily accessible from the interstate! Parking is available at this hotel and was relatively inexpensive considering we were very close to the heart of DC. There is a cafe with small breakfast items and sandwiches and most importantly, Starbucks coffee. The hotel also has a marketplace to pick up food and other sundries. The staff was beyond exceptional and happily answered everyone of my twenty questions as well as chit chatted about random life things. It's only...

You know that interview question that you always seem to get asked, "What are your plans for the next 5 years?" Always that or some variation. I very much dislike that question and think interviewers should strike it from their questionnaire. Most of the time, I don't know what my plans are for next week let alone 5 years from now. I know where I'd like to be but that doesn't matter. "Every day of my life was recorded in Your book. Every moment was laid out, before a single day has passed." Psalm 139:16 (NLT) The question above doesn't matter because God holds my future in His hands and has since before I was born. What I am doing an hour from now was preplanned by God when He set the world in motion and all I need to do is have faith and trust. Being intentional also helps because He also gave us choice. :) With that said though, He knows what decision we will make and guides us to that decision, even the terrible ones. Because He uses even o...

So much beauty can be found in the mundane, in the day to day. Observe your routine day. Notice the people and things around you. The big moments are amazing and unforgettable and I think we put too much  .  emphasis on the BIG. It’s in the mundane that the most precious memories are made. Life is in sitting on your friend’s couch laughing at each other’s ridiculous word plays, it’s in driving 2.5 hours one way to spend 3.5 hours with your very best friend, it’s in doing life tog ether, it’s in the spontaneous phone calls from long distance friends, it’s in dinner parties and Friday night movie nights, it’s in grabbing the fancy camera and documenting some life, it’s in paying for airfares to go visit with the people who mean the most to you, it’s in being so broken that you finally let someone in, it’s in encouraging people, it’s in learning how to repair relationships rather than just tossing them aside, it’s in listening to people say “I’m here for you” and finding out who ...