October 2010
17 posts
lucky enough.
“Your heart just breaks, that’s all. But you can’t judge, or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.” — ...
i just want to be home right now.
im sick for home. just want to be there with my mom. driving to the coast with dad in his truck. raking leaves with my siblings. riding the horses up in the cold mountains. i want to be by myself. i want to go driving down a country road all alone and listen to my own gosh darn music. i want to take my brothers and sisters to get halloween candy. i want to watch the world series. i’ve been a...
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soldier boy.
You know those guy friends that you can say “I love you” to and it is totally OK? Those are some of the most precious friendships you’ll ever have.
My brother, best friend, and hero Daniel Cody Norton is home from the war in Afghanistan. Now I am in the Middle East, and he is back in the valley. Oh well. I am just so grateful to know he is safe.
Missing him, but so proud. ...
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this is our God.
“Think of how He has borne with you, and still bears with you, when so much in your life is unworthy of Him and you have so richly deserved rejection. Learn to marvel at His patience.” -J.I. Packer
a memory [indulge me]
homesick today. i want to fly home.
want a cup of cowboy coffee on a rainy morning, running because i’m late as usual, jumping into the front seat of dad’s truck. he gives me a look and i sink into the leather seat. i sip my coffee quietly and try to think of something to say to make him forget that i’m late. the radio comes on and rush limbaugh blusters about the economy. its fuzzy and...
wish list.
i would like to believe that love is fearless. i would like to let myself like somebody.
i would like to let myself not feel terrible when i don’t live up to my own strict and rigid standards. i would like to give myself a little more grace in the things that don’t really matter. i would like to not be so hard on myself about everything. i would like to not feel so...
