{new} beginnings

one more chance.

to start all over.

to change our growth.

to grab ahold of grace.

and never let it go.

sarahjo

perfection + paranoia

saw Black Swan yesterday afternoon.

looked in the mirror last night & saw a couple of very red eyes.

nevermind that this is because i have a raging cold.

found myself crazily scratching my back today.

{hmmmm...}

i'm not paranoid...

sarahjo

christmastime {is here}

stop + grin

wishes + lists

my wishes this week {it being a special one & all}::

#1 sleep in. every. day.

#2 make fat-belly cookies!

#3 eat lots of topsy's popcorn.

#4 feast on my typical "christmas library movie list"

#5 reunite the tripod {after almost two years... good gracious!}

#6 go see black swan & little fockers

#7 perhaps start to read a book?

#8 be with the boy who was absent for far too long...

#9 be blissfully happy and child-like to my little heart's content.

truthfully this list could go on & on,

sarahjo

{just a} glimpse

{yes i'm} inked

i have nothing to be ashamed of.

i love my tattoos every bit today as i did they day i made the choice to get them. i think tattoos are more of a socially acceptable thing to have nowadays than they used to be. and i {by no means} got my tattoos just for the heck of it. well ok, maybe the first one on my wrist was a bit of a whim... but i don't love it any less. the other two were contemplated over months and it took a lot of work to create them::

sun with heart:: {my 1st} from my favorite verse, Psalm 46:5, which youve probably seen at the bottom of my blog a few months ago... "God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at the break of day."

lock & key:: from one of my favorite books by Sarah Dessen "Lock & Key", but mostly it has to do with guarding your heart.

love them anyways:: inspired by Martina McBride's song "Anyways". i especially loved this one part- "you can love someone with all your heart, for all the right reasons. and in a moment they can choose to walk away. love them anyways."

i can't say {as of right now} that i will get anymore tattoos... unless i find/have a thought of something i truly want/have to have. i'm happy with what i've got.

sarahjo

see {it}

and although there is a beauty in walking away,

i always hope that You will give me the courage to conquer what i fear most...

and that i will be awakened,

knowing that You will make me one. brave. girl.

sarahjo

you + me = we

dear boy,

5 more days of work.

1 week total til i make the

4 hour drive home.

and no, the time did not fly by.

sarahjo

{p.s. watching love stories on tv only made me more acutely aware of my loneliness. hurry back.}

truly {madly} deeply

and even though you don't want to {quite possibly} be my friend,

it's hard to stay mad at you.

because the truth is... your ignorance will be costly.

not only to me.

but to someone else you deeply care about.

this is more than just a warning, dear.

eventually, everyone falls off their high horse.

sarahjo