Wednesday, September 23, 2009

All A Blur

Stephanie's Top 5 Things to Do Before Leaving For Hawaii




5. Wash all piles of clothes - this means TONIGHT
4. Clean out refrigerator and pantry so that when I come back, I can fill them with healthy wedding diet foods!
3. PACK - and pack well
2. Have a meditation session to calm my flying nerves
1. Learn how to hulu (and look super-fabulous while doing so)



Aloha!



Sunday, September 20, 2009

I Choose Joy


"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer."

-- Psalms 19:14

Lots of things on my heart. Happy things, sad things, exciting things, anxious things. Things that I didn't think I could bear to speak out loud, and others I could shout from the rooftops. Lots of big things.

But the greatest "Thing" about all these "things" is that God already knows my heart, and if I can't find the words to say them out loud, I can quietly hand them to God -- and he takes them into His own hands. He knows my past, present and future - and all that aches me or excites me, He will be there to guide me through the courageous utterances of my mouth and the quiet, unspoken meditations of my heart.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

And The Waves Crash

Whoa.

Whoa.

Whoa.

I'm sitting here trying to find the right words to make sense of the last week and half, but words seem to fall short of the right expression. It's more of a giddy dance, combined with a huge sigh of relief, combined with a thousand "oh my gods" and "reallys!?" that could then be strung into a coherent sentence.

ENGAGED! I'm engaged! It actually happened. The one and only asked me to be his wife, and I said YES. YES. and YES!

A new adventure. A new journey to embark on. One that is not without its anxiety or wonderment of the event, but a past and future journey that is filled with love, honesty and laughter. He was right when he said it would be worth the wait. I don't think I have been able to truly sit down and process it. To think through what happened and really believe it. But, I know in my heart that my life will be a new adventure everyday.

Ito,

No matter what you say or what you worry about, you have been an amazing friend, boyfriend and will forever be a wonderful husband. Usted serĂ¡ un marido maravilloso.