i miss bethany

My sister is going to China...she just walked out the door. I know I know I know, I've been living in all these far away places for the majority of my adult life, but my baby sister is going to China! For a month! What am I going to do without her? Lil thing just learned how to drive, and now she's going to China. To bless people. I'm so proud of her it's rediculous. Anyone who knows her can testify that she is the most awesomest 16 year old on the planet. period. I feel such a relief for my parents after the hellish teenager I was, and semi-tumultuous young adult I am today...I don't think my mom could have lived through another one of me haha.


In other news, one of my professors/"buddies" from college emailed me today to see how I was doing with grad school. I confessed to him that I was apprehensive about selling my soul to student loans, and he responded with characteristicly compendious advice, which I would like to quote because he says it best: "Don't be afraid of debt. EVERYBODY is in debt. Sure it's a plunge, but if you really want this, don't let debt hold you back."

Then he concludes something so simple, so revealing, sooooo....ME: "Besides, you seemed destined for the unconventional path." Aint that the truth. I have never followed suit with the world, and I never will, really, to the intsy-bitsy-ist dismay of my mom, who gets cryptic messages from far off lands asking to pray: "mom, I'm on a ferry to Jordan, please pray". Poor thing, she's such a prayer warrior but I know it's hard to have a daughter who, well, tends to prefer living in remote third world countries to Carp. I LOVE Carp btw...wow I love it. I'm so glad it's home.


I miss Bethany. Here's her blog. http://bethelovehere.blogspot.com/