My Birthday

Hello Everyone,

So, I actually succeeded in surprising myself today. December 28th, 2005 I wrote a message for my future-self to be sent to me on my 25th birthday. It really made me laugh, enjoy:

Dear FutureMe,

Wow, today is a big day. You are 25 and hopefully on your way to a vacation somewhere exotic. What have you done with your last six months? Are you a better or worse person now than you were then? Has love walked into your life or are you still hell-bent on no-one ever entering into your heart again? How is that book coming? Did you get accepted into graduate school at PSU?? How did Jan. 7 go? Rough? Did you memorize a 100 verses in Psalms? Did you get your second tattoo? How did your class go? Wow - so many questions. You are 25 today. You are a woman who has been through a hell-of-alot - and you have been refined by that fire. You are not scalded, you are purified and have an obligation to live by the truths you have learned about yourself and about life. Go forth and live in truth!


Kelly B.

What a funny message to receive from myself today :) Random -- those who know me will appreciate this immensly.

In answer to some of those questions:

*Yes, I did go somewhere exoctic -- Hawaii for nine days in May

*Question #1 & #2 are too long to answer here -- just yes and no questions.

*Yes, love has walked into my life.

*I am still journaling and processing my story -- book is currently being lived.

*No, I did not get accepted into graduate school -- but I found a better program and I am putting together an application for that program now.

*Jan 7th was the anniversary of my divorce. What can I say? I lived -- I even went to a wedding that day. Katie was there for me as usual and I even went on a random lunch date with a friend from my early school days who repeatedly told me how beautiful I was.

*Yes, I did memorize 100 verses in Psalms. Thank you again Tre' and Lisa for sticking with me the two 1/2 hours it took for me to recite them.

*Yes, I did get a second tattoo -- Midori on my left hip.

*My writing classes (both of them) were fantastic and taught me a lot about who I am as a teacher. I learned as much from them as they from me -- They were both great experiences and I'm contemplating a third this fall.

*Truth --Though it was hard, truth set me free. I live knowing I have an obligation (out of respect for what God has done) to live an examined life and base decisions off of what I have learned. God has asked me to faithful in the things that I can and trust that He's taking care of the rest.

It's kind of weird to get an email from myself, but I'm glad I did it. Maybe I'll send myself a note for this Christmas. Check it out at FutureMe.org.

In other news -- PLEASE PRAY FOR BUTTERS. I found a big lump on his neck last night and I'm going to have to take him to a vet. Hopefully it's just a cyst and is easily drainable (and not too expensive) and not cancer or something else life threatening.