2010

i'm not sure how to say it. i've heard a few options:

-two thousand and ten (2010)

-oh ten ('010)

-twenty ten (20-10)

-two oh one oh (2-0-1-0)

i'll take any other suggestions, but even with those, i'm still undecided.

and so it is a new year hopefully full of new adventures and new possibilities. being in dallas for a little over four months, i'm finally starting to settle a bit and get into a rhythm of life. life outside of school is so different. trying to balance work, no more cafeteria, evenings with no homework, making new friends. living the dorm life for so long allowed me to get comfortable with so many things right at my fingertips. now, adjusting is taking longer than i would have liked, but its coming along.

i feel like i just have so much to learn about life and relationships and myself. right when i think i am getting the grasp of a new lesson, God has a way of throwing something else out there for me to grapple with. but i'm determined and i've even started journaling again. it's a good feeling to be writing and crafting, getting my thoughts and prayers out on to paper. it is amazing to be able to look back and see how God has been working and i look forward to being able to do that for 2010.

so here is to a new year, whatever you want to call it.

may it be one of direction and growing,

peace and justice,

mercy and love.