Life is beautiful. As I lay in bed trying to decide what to title the blog I never thought I'd start, I looked at a picture frame that was a center piece at the Corner House: a picture of the 7 of us in front of our Christmas Tree holding our coffee mugs. Around the frame it says, "Life is Beautiful". I couldn't think of a more appropriate title for this time in my life.

I have been slightly adamant about starting a blog. It feels a bit weird posting my life on the Internet. I am worried that once I start updating my friends online about what is going on in my life, they will feel no need to call me on my phone! Therefore, I will leave stuff out so this doesn't happen :)

Two months ago I was waking up at the Corner House after a night spent on the Senior Boat Cruise up on Lake CDA. I was probably sitting at my computer preparing for my last finals week at Whitworth. This morning I woke up in a new, bare apartment after an evening filled with friends and dancing at a Whitwroth wedding and graduate school homework hanging over my head. As I am listening to some worship music, I am reflecting back on the past two months and am shocked at how much has happened and how quickly it has gone by. Is this how fast my life will go?

In the past two months I have traveled throughout California with my best friends, gone home to say goodbye to Tumwater, completed four weeks of my Master's in Teaching, eaten a lot of asparagus, saw a moose in my yard, celebrated the last few nights at the Corner House with bottles of wine, said way too many goodbyes, moved into a new apartment with Ebay and attended my first of many Whitworth weddings. So what now?

While I LOVE reminiscing on the past....and while I get anxious about the future, I've decided that I need to focus on the present. I want to wake up LOVING every day that comes, whether it's hard, easy, happy or sad. I am going to love today :)