this precious life.

what an immense gift it was to spend a little bit of time in st. louis with these two! as i drove to michael and chloe's saturday morning, i literally felt like i was coming home and my entire body began to relax. these last few months in memphis have been phenomenal and i've never questioned once if this is where i am supposed to be… but even as i settle in and begin building relationships here, i'm reminded of the incredible family i have spread all over the u.s and my heart hurts just a bit. as i'm learning to embrace each season of life fully, there's always an underlying measure of feeling like a traveler/nomad/sojourner. i've lived so many places in just 21 years and connected with so many different groups of people that there isn't just one city or place i can call home and feel rooted in. i think i originally thought that moving back to memphis would bring life full circle and give me a solid city to call home but i'm quickly learning that charl...

{i thought about splitting this blog into several posts but decided against it so you're going to get a super extra long one all at once! hope you're ready!} my dear friend alissa has been planning all summer to move cross-country to san diego and i was so looking forward to driving out with her. two weeks ago from today we started out & little did we know the kind of adventures that would await us! enjoy! ------------------------------------------------- the first leg of the trip (or technically second since liss had already driven down from chicago) was from indy to st. louis where we were helping our friends michael & chloe move. we left at midnight on friday and got in sometime around 4 in the morning. chloe, bless her, woke up just enough to let us in to their empty apartment and then we caught a few hours of sleep. their families joined us in the morning and despite the rain, we had them moved in in no time! we all got to spend the the rest of the day to...