blessed.

I can't believe that my first week of Junior year is already over. It's already been one of the most wonderful weeks of my life. I'm not kidding and I'm not being even the slightest bit sarcastic. It's like my whole life has been upturned upside down into something completely wonderful. As many of you know, I was struggling with different health issues last year which had been going on unbeknownst to me for much longer. Every single day, I was exhausted. I felt similar to the way one feels when they stay up studying until 4am for an 8am exam... stressed, anxious, overly emotional, and just very unsettled...but all the time....and I didn't know why.

Fortunately, Our God is amazing and He loves me infinitely and has blessed me with knowledge of what's been going on and now I feel better than I've ever felt before. Six months ago, I couldn't even go running for more than 20 minutes without almost passing out. Now, I feel like I can't get enough. I'm starting to understand that all those crazy people that wake up early just to go run have discovered something wonderful. I especially love the rhythm of it. I love hearing my feet hit the ground in rhythm with my heartbeat. Sound silly, but it's very new to me and very exciting.

I feel as if I should apologize to my friends...because I'm always wanting to go do something. I want make plans and just wake up early and start my days. I have never had this much energy. Ever. Every single day is exciting. It's a glorious feeling.

I'm so thankful for my life, my family, my friends, everyone that ministers to me and just encourages me all the time. I'm sitting here waiting out the thunderstorm that's going on outside. I'm almost giddy about how much I'm loving everything in my life and how thankful I am for it. Sometimes, even when I'm sitting still, or even by myself, I feel like this little bubble of excitement just rises up inside of me and it's just bursts and I can't help but giggle and want to embrace everyone I know and high five strangers because in an odd way, life just feels new again. I'm looking forward to this year. God is so Good and so Glorious.