hail to what you see when you close your eyes.

I want to live at least nine lives, like Claudia my old cat. That reminded me when I was little my sister, her bestfriend, and I would play babysitters club, and I was always Claudia, because she was an artist and wore her hair in a side ponytail (how much cooler can you be?)

I live to worship God and love Him and others- through words and actions.

I want to own a hostel/coffee shop that educates people (like L'Abri) about their Spiritual needs as well as fair trade/global human rights issues, and the plights of refugees around the world.

I want to be involved with community development in the Middle East and North Africa (probably through YWAM) and learn to speak Arabic and French. I also want to be part of a 24-7 prayer community.

I want to backpack through South Asia or South America. live on a houseboat. in a tree house. and a teepee with Daniela. and an eco-friendly house like Simon Dale's in Wales and grow my own food in a garden. With a yellow kitchen that has big windows.

Almost every subject interests me, causing temporary paralysis in trying to make plans. I love learning, I make booklist off syllabi of interesting classes, I actually enjoy reading text books and have written essays just for fun to express my thoughts. (yes, I'm a nerd.) and I read Popular Science, its fascinating!

Crafts fascinate me. In life number four I would like to learn how to make jewelry, or pottery, and go to a folk art school. I like to paint and sketch and would like to learn to sew. I like simple clothes, jeans and sweaters but I adore fashion magazines.

I love "art for truths sake." I want to be a screenwriter and a novelist and be involved with a community of artists... or on staff of an arts magazine. I would love to do slam poetry with Claire when we got to coffee houses but I am intimidated by people.

Getting my private pilots liscense like both my parents is also up there on the list (write after getting a liscense, haha.)

I like kids. I'm undecided on the whole parenting thing. I would like to work at an orphange.

Communication is best in person or old-fashioned letters.

I want to hike the Appalachian trail (and learn wilderness survival.) and I am excited about kayaking with my brother all summer. I'd like to pick up flute again and learn folk songs but I can't decide if I'd rather spend that time talking to strangers.

I want to have a masquerade ball for my wedding reception in a field with lanterns. and blow colored bubbles (which are not avaliable yet so I guess I'll have to put off that wedding.)

'Bright as Yellow' is my theme song. "You live life with your arms stretched out. Eye to eye when speaking. Enter rooms with great joy shouts, happy to be meeting. And bright, bright, bright, bright as yellow, warm as yellow."

I'm also intolerably selfish, lazy, apathetic, weak, hypocritical, prideful, and flawed... sinful.

I guess this is all to say, I love to dream. and I believe in hope and redemption. "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation."

and life excites me.