Creativity

"Creativity is God's gift to people with issues." -my father

On a long distance phone call with my dad and this is the wisdom he pops out. Never fails. He always has a corny or witty thing to say and sometimes a one liner that sticks with me forever.

I'll never forget the time my Dad told a crying college me not to worry about boys- that "if I do the things I love, I will find someone who loves to do the same thing."

Well, I have and I am so thankful. I am two months away from our wedding day and I am so incredibly grateful.

I am grateful to a God who answers prayers and who loves me in very very funny ways. I am grateful for a family and community that supports me for me and all the "issues" I might have/deal with.

I am thankful for a job that is filled with the most loving and funny people on the planet. I am thankful to know my job is making a difference is made every day (even if it doesn't always feel like it). I am thankful to begin moving into the new duplex that Tyler and I will live in when we are married. I am thankful for Tyler's awesome new job! I am thankful that my dad will be up here this weekend.

Most of all I am thankful that this year, God is really teaching me to let go. It's not an easy year by any means or an easy lesson at that. However, I have felt his blessings in small and big ways continually.

Here is to being creative and wrestling with the implications of the issues that underly that.

Above all though, here is to being thankful ( : for a God who constantly provides against all odds.