Hair Again

I don't really like to style my hair just straight so I thought I'd post another one with my hair styled :)

Need for Change

I love that when you need to change something about yourself. . . your hair is always there to comply.

Yachats, A Happy Post

Here you go Kate. Here is your happy post. Love you.

Today, Kate and I went on an adventure in Yachats, OR. Some of you may not know where Yachats (pronounced "Yah Hots") is, well let me tell you, it's near Newport on the coast. Here are some photos from our adventure.

It was a beautiful drive over



A driving picture. . . my MO





Fishermen



Drift Inn



Crab Quesadilla and Fish/ Chips



Friends for almost 20 years. Crazy





Beautiful foggy coast



So. . . I loved this house and was about to take a picture of it when Kate said that there needed to be more pictures of me being taken. I went over to pose thinking she'd take a full shot. Nope. A nice close up :) Thanks Kate. J/k



Here's the house



More coast



Crazy "cactus" flowers



here is one blooming/ not dead



WHO KNEW!!!



"GEM of the Oregon Coast"





I know you can't tell but what they are actually swimming in is nasty polluted foamy water.



Kate



Many self portraits



The Sun



cool window house



Cool forest



Leaf Hat



Nymph House



Funny Story. . . Kate and I walked along the beach line and then crossed over the 101 to the forest reserve thingy. Well, the quickest way back was along the 101. . . so here we are hitchhiking(not really)back.




And what better way to finish a day at the beach. Tillamook Ice Cream.

"Heart We Will Forget Him"

"Heart We Will Forget Him"

Heart, we will forget him,
You and I, tonight!
You must forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light.

When you have done pray tell me,
Then I, my thoughts, will dim.
Haste! ‘lest while you’re lagging
I may remember him!

by Emily Dickinson

Listening

Yesterday, I went to a church called, "Door of Hope" in SE Portland and was amazed at what I heard from the pastor. He preached on the reasons of why we should go to church (not about being a church consumer but that we are the church), about how to commune with a body/ in relationship, and how not to. A lot was about truly loving and how it's not about "me" or "I" but about "us" and "we".

I went for a nice bike ride (1 hr and 15 min.) out to the country and listened to his sermon on "listening" which was kind of ironic because a lot of it talks about solitude and silence. He spoke on how our world is so addicted to being connected that we have no idea how to be a lone with ourselves. And even though we use these different devices; phones, email, and FB (and really blogging) yet many of us feel alone.

Below is the link to the audio's of a bunch of his sermons. Listen to them in order if you like but definitely check out the "Listening" one.

http://www.doorofhopepdx.org/teachings/audio

Frozen

Last night I had the weirdest dream. I was at some group thing and we were sitting around a table. The leader was telling us that they were going to give us some type of drug that would show us our true state of mind. And explained how most people started to cry because usually people were so broken and sad that their true state was shown in crying. The drug was some type of smoke that you inhaled. The first girl they gave it too did start to cry. She weeped. I was next. I didn't cry but was paralyzed. I couldn't move at all. It's like when your mouth clenches or a muscle tightens and you can't relax. It was painful but I couldn't move. They ended up putting me in the middle of the table.

Very weird.

"even though"

Almost 3 weeks later and I'm starting to feel whole again. I'm not constantly feeling like something HUGE is missing from my life.

"even though"

even though you have a lot of baggage

even though you seem to have moved on

even though you don't love me anymore

even though you broke my heart

even though

even though I cry each time I think of you

even though I feel rejected and left behind

even though I know there is better

even though I want to move on

even though, even though

i still want to hear your voice

i still want to know your life

i still want to love you

i still do

even though