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Each month I think "I'm going to be better at posting on here. I'm going to increase my blog posts with each passing month. So...last month I posted 4, which means my goal this month is 5!" And so my mind spins round and round. And each month I find myself dejected as I approach the last week of the month and only have 3 or 4 blog posts. Why does it matter if I post 2 or 25? It shouldn't. But I'm competitive to a fault and can't help but turn everything into a competition. Even if it's just between me, myself, and I.
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Today is my little sister's birthday and I can't believe she's 23 already! Honestly it seems like just yesterday we were 8 and 10. Riding our bikes around the neighborhood, making up rollerblade routines in our neighbor's carport with our boom box blasting the Lion King CD. I mean, we had to have music to plan our routines to and who wouldn't choose the Lion King? Other memories of those days include spying on our big sis from our not-so-secret secret hide-out, playing paper dolls in my room - forever fearful that Darcie or my mom would catch us in the act, and who could forget our drawn-out Christmas Eve ping pong matches?
Sadly, those youthful days have passed and we are now in our twenties. All three of us "King girls". (It's okay for me to use the "girls" phrase) Sometimes I wish for what used to be. The carefree days and lazy summer afternoons. But it's also fun to watch how we have each transformed from child to adult. The child in us still rears its' head on occasion, but a little more subtly than before.
So I will send a shout out to my sister...not that she reads my blog, but still. Happy 23! ;)
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I'm getting back in the groove. Slowly, but surely. I'm working at being more consistent in reading the bible and spending time journaling in my prayer journal. I used to be really good about writing in it, but then something happened. I started dating this guy and he began stealing away my moments alone and I let it slip. My entries became fewer and fewer, until one day I opened it back up and saw that my last entry was from 3 months ago and the one preceding that was several months back too. Of course, I knew this was unacceptable, so I am trying to be better about taking 15-30 minutes a day to sit with God. To listen. To hear. To reflect. To talk. It is so important and necessary to my life. And I know that when I take this quiet time, I'm so much more prepared to face the day.
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Side note: I'm going to Disneyland in May! I'm super excited because I'm going with my family and my dad hasn't been back since I was in first grade. The park has changed so much & I'm excited to experience all the "new" rides with him. :)
1 comment:
i miss the days when we were kids too! And i love that i was there and can remember all the crazy things we used to do!
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