Today marks 33 trips around the sun for me. So, here are 33 things I know as of right now in no particular order:
- God loves us more than dogs love us…which is hard to fathom.
- Massage therapy should be covered by health insurance.
- I believe in stinky cheese.
- Yet, I feel extra fancy eating Velveeta shells and cheese.
- If you are invited to a space of people who aren’t like you, do what you can to stay invited to that space.
- Most people’s guest room pillows are terrible.
- E-mails are not for expressing feelings.
- The story of Jesus changes my life daily.
- Purple Cottonelle toilet paper is superior.
- Leggings can, in fact, be pants.
- Food tastes better with good company.
- Pastors need pastors.
- There is a unique disappointment that occurs when you realize the dishwasher is full of clean dishes.
- Sitting together in silence is often the right thing to say.
- Children are wiser than we can comprehend.
- Get the expensive mattress.
- There is nowhere that God is not.
- N*SYNC will always be superior in my heart.
- Sometimes I can only express how I feel in interpretive dance.
- Red wine.
- It is never too late to apologize.
- Marry someone who wants you to be your best self, and loves your worst self.
- Local produce is delicious.
- Everyone needs an escape genre of literature.
- The best way to get a person talking is to say, “Tell me a story, it doesn’t have to be true.”
- Baths are not just for kids.
- Everyone was hurt by someone.
- Prayer is powerful.
- The only reason to consume tomato soup is to dip a grilled cheese.
- We lie when we tell teenagers that acne is just a phase.
- We are better when we show up together.
- Laughter and joy is resistance.
- Year 33 will be an entirely new adventure.