Graciously Tenacious

The other day my mom asked  me if I was going to  give her grandchildren. This wasnt the first time she asked and it probably wont be the last. And the answer that I usually give is no. No kids Sometimes I say "I dont know" and that would be the most accurate answer. I am 22, in college, single, and most of all, I am focused. Focused on God as well as my academic and professional goals. I feel like someone is my position, at this point in history,  can say I don't know, I dont know if I even want kids or when I want them. In an earlier time, during the last century, women married young and wanted kids or at least knew that it was in their future. But they also had less opportunities so creating a family gave them purpose and fulfilled the society expectation of women. Today women have different goals and priorites which is OK and really great that women are in amazing leadership roles, great jobs and are pursuing what makes them happy. Kids might not be  their plans o

Everyone walks around this beautiful world with expectations, whether we know it or not. When I go to my grandparents house on any given Sunday, I walk up to the door with the expectation that on the other side are two little munchkins playing with their toys, my grandma will be in the kitchen cooking up something good, and the rest of my family scattered throughout the house. When I go to work I expect to leave covered in glitter and gangnam style stuck in my head. Our expectations can be realistic or not and are usually met or surprisingly changed. They are birthed in our experiences or in the experiences of others. If you are lucky you will learn how to be expectationless( I think I just made up a word...just roll with it.) when going into a new culture. I think that I have learned to be somewhat expectationless when I go into a new culture. When I left for Bangkok I tried to be open-minded and as a product I had many wonderful experiences, created amazing memories and made beautif

So I changed the name of my blog because I have been back from thailand for awhile and I decided I wanted to write about other things. What am I going to write about you ask!?!?!?! Whatever I want!!!!! It will mostly consist of blogs about life with God...that or food. hopefully I can be consistent with this :) Keep an eye out for a new post in the next day or so.