two month sabbatical.

i shamefully return to my sad and neglected blog. but i joyfully report that the two month sabbatical has been full of fun, joy, and excitement. nothing i EVER anticipated when writing my last post in December! so, since my last visit to beingmolded much has happened.

where to even begin...

-i acquired a small blemish on the inside of my right ankle

(some would call it a tattoo!)

-i had a blind date

-i celebrated the end of 2009 and opened the beginning of 2010. best new years ever at the pond with wonderful columbia friends. camping in the freezing cold. fireworks. cartwheels. games. music and dancing. a night to remember!

-i had a first date...with the blind date

-i had a second date...with the blind date

-i took the blind date to church...at this point we've stopped counting the number of dates

-in the first week of 2010 i hung out with my blind date...better known as ryan roberts...6/7 nights. and in that time, i knew that i had found something special

-started back to work...a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!

-continued (assistant) coaching 5th and 6th grade girls basketball

-ran a half marathon in charleston with favorite friend, ashley gray

-fell in love with the blind date

-took the blind date home to meet mom and dad

-babysat for the first time since middle school...and relearned the art of super mario brothers

-committed to speaking at conference for the SC Respite Coalition (what?!!?!)

-went to florida to meet the blind date's family...chaperoned by hank

-spoke at conference for the SC Respite Coalition on behalf of starting a special needs ministry at first presbyterian church; confirming my passion for such a thing to happen as soon as possible; Lord not my will but yours be done

-celebrated another year...birthday 29 was extra special with friends AND family

-was culturally enriched at the peace center with my first viewing of Wicked

-introduced the blind date to many best friends in greenville

-loved a REAL snow for the first time in years

-enjoyed a FOUR day weekend, thanks to the u.s. presidents

-continued to fall in love with the blind date

-celebrated a roommate's batchelorette weekend and prepared heart and mind for her to leave roommate-ville for a husband (yah for future mr and mrs ryan reedy!)

-watched the west wing of barwick street turn another page...along with the rest of us...

that about sums up the past 2 months. a little this, a little that. but i am so grateful to have had 2 months FULL of grace and joy and abundance from the Lord...from friends, family, and a new found love. i am beyond humbled at the abundance the Lord has provided thus far in 2010 and anticipate much more in the days and months to come. i see His provision. i see His making beauty from ashes. i see His grace upon grace upon grace. and i love it. words cannot describe the fullness of my heart on this first day of march 2010.

stay tuned for many more exciting events in the days to come...

and i promise to be more committed to updating to the faithful

world-o-blogging.

"Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, throughout all generations, forever and ever. amen" ephesians 3:20.21