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Aloha!


It started with a pair of serendipitous fortune cookies, and a quote that got stuck in my head: It would be better to fail at something you love, than succeed at something you hate.

I have a dream so big and "out there" that I can't even admit it in writing yet. Let's just say that it involves photography, Hawaii, and love. It will require patience and prayer. And it will be chronicled here!

More importantly, this blog serves as a reminder to myself that life is precious and God is good. I aspire to embrace each day with a thankful heart. To cherish the extraordinary and ordinary moments that make up life. And I hope to inspire and challenge others to do the same.


Thanks for dropping by!
JC

Teaching

My world has flipped upside down and is now covered in red ink, dry erase pens, and lots of paper. The work is constant, and free time a thing of the past.  I sleep at midnight and rise at 5-something to prepare.  I am constantly thinking about it and worrying. I miss exercise.  Friends have told me that God is at work, and that in retrospect, this will have been a precious time of growth and desperation and increased faith.  Maybe so, but for right now it kinda sucks to go through!  I feel stretched thin and living day by day… but I suppose the point is, that day by day, I am getting by.  I rely on daily bread.  I ask for strength.  I tell myself that God is bigger than my anxieties.  I praise Him for the prayers of friends, the support of parents, and the unconditional love of an amazing husband.  I am deeply blessed amidst a challenging time.  I am tired and I am drained, but God is good.

Resolutions, Etc.

Family Portrait

On 2 Years and 27 Years and a New Year

Counting Blessings