A Shout-out to God

"Life is a song, sing it. Life is path, walk it. Life is a 

dance, move with it. Life is a prayer, say it. Life is hope, 

dream it. Life is promise, fulfill it. Life is life, live it." 

(mother theresa)

Sometimes.... when you least expect it, your prayers are answered in a way that is surprising, breathtaking, sudden, and amazing.  At least that's how it is with me.  Once again, I reminded that life is not planned on my time schedule, but God's time. He knows what He is doing, while I often do not know what I am doing day to day.  Thus, I put it in His hands.  Whatever I give to Him, He returns tenfold. And how amazing is that. 

Thanks, God. :) 

(some of) My Favorite Quotes

"The best thing to hold on to in life is each other." (anonymous)

"The biggest mistake is not to tell someone you love them while they are still alive." (unknown)

"Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees." - Les Mis  ... so true. 

"Eventually everything falls into place...until then, live for the moment, laugh at the confusion, and know that everything happens for a reason." 

"The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears." -Native American Proverb

" We get one story, you and I, and one story alone. God has established the elements, the setting and the climax and the resolution. It would be a crime not to venture out, wouldn't it?" (Donald Miller)

"When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you. He's merely opening your hands to receive something better."

"Life is a song, sing it. Life is path, walk it. Life is a dance, move with it. Life is a prayer, say it. Life is hope, dream it. Life is promise, fulfill it. Life is life, live it." (mother theresa)

"Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty."

"May you be in Heaven a half hour before the devil knows you're dead." - Old Irish Prayer

"Distance is not far when your hand carries what your eye has found." - Dispath - Elias

"That's what all of us do, who make things up for a living. We tell the lies that tell the truth." -Neil Gaiman

"Begin at the beginning and go until you come to the end; then stop." -Lewis Carrol

"It's cold outside yet my heart burns as if to melt the whole world."

"Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars - points of light and reason.... And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything."
-Edward, New Moon

"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world."
-C.S. Lewis

"The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp." 
-Terry Pratchett

there's a little. . . 
truth behind every 'just kidding'
curiosity behind every 'just wondering'
knowledge behind every' i dont know'
emotion behind every 'i dont care'


‎"listen to the mustn'ts, child. listen to the don'ts. listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... anything can happen, child. anything can be"- shel silverstein


 Real love is not a temporary feeling or emotion. Emotions and feelings change, sometimes daily. But true, unconditional love is constant. Love is a decision to want the best for another, nothing less.
-Dana Trudeau

Reflection of Summer

Well, that was a long break from the blogging world.  Basically what happened was life. So much has happened since the last time I wrote.
Some good stuff, some bad stuff- but "life" stuff all the same.


Today I had my first PSL of the season, which (for me) marks the beginning of the end of summer and the beginning of my most favorite season, fall. I am not sad to see this summer go.  I used to love summer when I was a kid.  Summer meant freedom and fun and doing all the fun stuff we couldn't do during the school year. It meant waking up whenever, eating lunch at 10:30, swimming, being creative, being a kid.  I know that growing up means that summers have to change, and that summers no longer mean absolute and total freedom.  I guess, I just have to get used to that.  However, even taking that into consideration, this summer was one of those eras in your life that test your metal. Like I said, I'm not sorry to see this summer go.


That being said, there is one thing that I really learned this summer - one thing that made the summer realllllllly worth it. I am constantly reminded and am constantly reaffirmed in my husband's love for me - and my love for him.  No matter what circumstances we find ourselves in, I am always in awe of my husband's love for me.  Looking back, his love out-shined the sun.... camping in an airfield where he bundled me up in a poncho and aluminum foil blanket. He gave me his hat.  At one point in the night, there was a freak thunderstorm and I thought we were going to be electrocuted or blown away in the windstorm.  I thought to myself, "Well, If I'm going to die here, at least I'm huddled up next to my Dana."  But when the morning dawn broke, I thought, "We made it!"  And somehow, some way, we were stronger as a couple for having braved that night... that week.... that trip.


Other summer events: a 13-hour trip to Long Island - Laughing nearly the whole way, singing songs at the top of our lungs, laughing at silly stories, reading out loud, sharing a banana split.
Multiple trips to the zoo to plan for amazing race.  Those first planning trips were amazing - whole days spent just the two of us, slowly wandering around the zoo, learning facts about animals, strolling hand in hand, being creative with the photography and the planning, hanging upside down in the tree.


Our movie date to see "Water for Elephants" - buying popcorn and icees to somehow justify spending $20 on tickets in the first place.


Maybe..... just maybe.... maybe this summer wasn't as bad as I originally thought. Maybe my sweet Love has given meaning to all the trials and tribulations of this summer.  He is my rock.