one voice

"This is the sound of all of us

Singing with love and the will to trust

Leave the rest behind it will turn to dust

This is the sound of all of us"

-The Wailin' Jennys (go listen to this song now)

i have the best friends ever. really. have you met them?

if you know me, you might feel like you've met them. i constantly talk about them. sometimes i feel like every other sentence starts out, "this one time, monnie and sarah and i..."

well, i'm adding another one: last night the above pictured ladies threw me a surprise st. patrick's day party! who does that?!! only the best friends ever. they know st paddy's is my favorite holiday. they know i wanted everyone together at least once before i leave. they know i love surprises. and they totally got me! they are wonderful. THANK YOU for planning, cooking, decoration, and opening your home (anna lauren).

in my own faith journey, God really used each of these women to show Himself to my heart. it was working at camp winshape with ginny and AL and experiencing real community for the first time that helped me really live in the skin of who God created me to be. and i can't remember who actually told me to do it, but that summer working with them was when i decided to be more of a part of winshape and apply for the scholarship. i met monnie on my first day of orientation at berry and we were nearly inseparable for the next two years. and no one will forget the triple. oh! and the quipple! ha! we all worked at wilderness together, went to school, lived in the same dorm, played and did lots of crazy unmentionable things together, prayed together, and i've been in kenya with each of them. they are still my sisters.

so last night we gathered for our "traditional" irish celebration with shepherd's pie, funfetti cupcakes, and irish step dancing. only this time we were dancing with a few pretty little girl babies. and the sound of the party was all of us "singing with love and the will to trust."

thank you my sisters, my friends, my support. i love you.