oh, ok.

I've been back in Alabama for a week now, a week of diapers and baby giggles and family and being still and quiet and many other things for which I am really grateful. I cut my hair yesterday--short, to my chin, and it's hard to explain how freeing something like that can feel. The world is my oyster, as they say, and I really feel that way with chin-length hair. I saw Kelli last week for counseling where I ranted and talked and she listened carefully, jotting now notes in her huge journal and then graciously offering feedback and questions. A few events in the past few weeks brought me to a sudden realization while driving back from coffee with a friend today-- it's time to start my master's. i've known for a long time this is what I feel created for, and experiencing a real counseling session (she just helped me apply God's word to a difficult situation in my life!) makes me feel so ready. I'd like to spend the rest of my life helping other women (meanwhile reminding myself) that for a Christian, Romans 8--each and every promise--is always, never-failingly true. There is never a pain or trial that the truths of God's infinite kindness and sovereign control do not need to be more deeply applied. There are few sins not rooted in a failure to believe one of those two perfectly-balanced truths, and I want to be better equipped to teach and exhort and remind sisters of God's truth. next year, it will start with 7am counseling small group and we'll see where it goes from there.... SEBTS?