27 years

Amazing... 27 years old today and I still act like I'm 12.

In honor of this day, here are 27 things I love about life:
1. The love of my family.
2. The way my friends stick with me through thick and thin.
3. Grace, and the beauty of the Lord.
4. The way my dog gets so excited to see me when I come home, and then loves to simply lay at my feet.
5. Music - the way it inspires and moves me.
6. The privilege of impacting college students' lives through my job.
7. The blessing of working with Dan.
8. Being an advocate for those who are less fortunate.
9. Getting to travel the globe and learn about other cultures.
10. Taking walks with Emma.
11. Reading a good book and letting the story take me away.
12. Watching a beautiful movie and getting lost in the cinematography and lives of the people onscreen.
13. Knitting!
14. Dancing with all my might when no one else is around.
15. Going swing dancing... with some of the greatest guys around - Mark, Jeremy, Brian.
16. Catching up with old friends.
17. Meeting new ones.
18. Road trips!
19. Eating with chopsticks! :)
20. Getting REAL mail.
21. COFFEE!!! Especially Double Mex Mochas (no whip) from the Coffee House... mmm... that makes me smile just thinking about it.
22. Candles.
23. Thunderstorms.
24. Mountains!
25. Lilies ("Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the maidens." Song of Songs 2:2)
26. The smell of rain.
27. The ability to live and breath, to laugh and love, to cry and rejoice... the ability to worship the Giver of Life - to "bend and not break at the sight of Him"... what an abundant life I have led thus far.