Katie’s Blog!

Well, here I am once again.  Only this time, I am a university graduate.  Yes, the time has finally come.  I have completed my undergraduate degree, and have “renested.”  Yes, that means I moved back home, and am living with my parents again.  However, that is what one does when one does not have a job.  :)   I hope to change this soon, really soon.  

Of all that has happened over the past month of  my life, I think that  you will enjoy hearing a little from my heart/mind instead of a bunch of boring details.  So here goes.

I have changed a whole lot over the last three and a half years.  I have had my ups and downs, and I have grown and have been molded into who I am today.  The most significant change that I see in myself is not so obvious to all.  I think differently than I did four years ago.  I think deeper, and wider, and broader, and well, more cynically.  However, that last one is not so glorious.  It does provide for some good laughs, but it is not who I want to be.  It is okay to be cynical once in a while, but there comes a point when it rules your life.  And instead of seeing everything for its negatives, I want to see the beauty in everything, nay, everyone.  This is something that God truly has to be in, because all I see is the human failures.  But God sees beyond these, and God knows what is beyond the failures that we hide behind.  I desire to know what is beyond the failures that each person is hiding behind, because that is where you finally find beauty and creativity, and amazing characteristics that no one takes time to search for in others.  And yet, we all secretly, and sometimes not so secretly long and yearn for someone- anyone to take the time, with true care and concern, to know us beyond our appearance.  Appearance is so much more than just the way we dress or do our hair – it’s the way we carry ourselves, it’s the words we speak when everyone is listening, and the things we do when everyone is watching.  

Knowing one another beyond appearance takes two, though.  There has to be trust on both sides, and openness on both sides.  It also takes prayer.  Praying for one another is vital to a deep, healthy relationship.  Prayer goes beyond what we see or know, or even feel.  In prayer a deep bond and love is formed through the love of Christ.

Alright, now I have began rambling.  :)  Here are a few random details about my life this past month that I will leave you with.    

• I apparently forgot how to drive in snow and ice, as I slid into a curb the first week I was back home.  However, I was driving my sister’s car.  Yeah, I bought her a new tire rim.  Praise God that it was pretty inexpensive to fix! 
• I didn’t straighten or curl my hair for an entire week after I graduated.  :)
• It has been extremely cold here, until this week when it was in the 60’s.  
• There was a lot of family time spent together at our house this past week – two days worth of ALL of us being sick.  Not the quality family time that is desired.  haha.