26
I am absolutely shameless when it comes to birthdays. I love celebrations and cake and people. But when it's MY birthday? LAWD HAVE MERCY. Does Queen Elizabeth even know she is dethroned on March 7th every year?
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| ALL HAIL QUEEN SALAD |
(I have notoriously been known to ask for surprise birthday parties; to which my best friend Jordan so graciously said: "You know you can't ask for a surprise party, right?" To which I replied: "WHATEVER, MAN, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY. I CAN ASK FOR WHATEVER I WANT." And then the tiara fell off my head mid-Beyonce hair-flip, and the diva toned itself down with laughter).
So this year, I turned 26. WHEN THE HECK DID THAT HAPPEN?
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| dinner with Evelyn & her sister |
There are a ton of things that culture says I should be doing this year; should have done last year; etc etc. But you know what? The most important thing I can do this year is follow Jesus, obey Jesus, love Jesus. No matter where that leads.
So here's what I am grateful for:
Xiao Chun's heart of gold and princess cakes.
For Emma's thoughtfulness and ability to corral all Chinese people to celebrate.
For Dan's gift of pre-washed spinach.
For pink donuts.
For pink donuts.
For a night out with Evelyn and all the laughs and info we've been dying to share after 2+ months apart.
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| Xiao Chun and I with the infamous Princess Cake! |
Because, like anything, life in Chinerr has its moments, both graciously good and impossibly difficult.
But here's what I know to be true: this is the last place I'd ever though I'd be as a twenty-something.
But here is where the Lord is.
Here is where He had led me.
Here is a surprise, a gift, a place where God is changing me, one degree at a time, one year at a time, and I'm ever so grateful.
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