simply me

Everyone I know has started a blog at blogspot. I guess this is the best thing since myspace to help you keep up with your friends, old and new. Let me tell you what makes me simply me.

I struggled for a little while to figure out who I am now that I am not a student. That was the central piece to my identity for 18 long, trying years. There are so many things that make up my identity that I shouldn't be so concerned with the one thing I am not...a student. I know that I am a blessed child of God, a loving wife, a good housekeeper. I like to watch Grey's Anatomy and read books. I like email but I don't like to check it. I enjoy Starbuck's sweetened green tea. I like going to see chick flicks with my best friend & neighbor Candice. I miss early AM swims with Carrie :( but I am so proud of her for chasing her dreams. I love alternative rock music and Saturdays home alone. I value independence but enjoy the company of others. I like it when I really stop to "consider God's wonders" (Job 37:14). I love my family - big and complicated and occasionally dysfunctional. Sometimes I wish I had a puppy, but not the mess and smell that goes with it. At my core I am a musician, and I love the symphony of God's expansive universe - the universe He conducts and holds in perfect balance with His mighty hands. I try to find joy in every situation and laugh at the frustrating circumstances of life. I miss the friends I had growing up through high school, but I am so amazed and what they all have become. All of this is simply me.