two years to the day

I wrote this a year ago on my first year anniversary in Williamsburg. reading it made me smile and it made me a little anxious.

a year and a day: July 15, 2008

so it occurred to me the other day that i have been in the ‘Burg for one year.  i came out here on the evening of july 13, 2007.  it seems like yesterday – it also seems like 5 years ago alternately. a lot has happened and much has stayed the same.  i’ve met some people and i’ve forgotten some others.  i gained great friends, and i have lost touch with a few.  i have disappointed and i have amazed.  my life has gone in circles, but it has also pivoted and elevated, like a spiral.  i am free but chained.  enslaved to hope and fear, to love and apathy, to strength and weakness, to peace and to longing.

 

only by grace do i stand at all. and it’s in Perfect Grace, that i have learned to fall and get back up again.  i had no idea what this past year would look like. i am still largely unsure of what it did look like, even in reflection.  but i know i am exactly where i need to be, because here i am.  i believe that.  and i am content to be here, knowing around every corner there is something new to experience and learn and savor. it’s gonna be another good year, i have no doubt.

 

oxo

i’m happy to have been here. i have had some great experiences and gotten to closer to a few people i wanted to get closer to. i feel mostly at peace with being here and really sinking my teeth in. ok, maybe a little bit anxious still, but things are coming together and i, again, have no doubt it will be another good year.

on another note, i have recently rediscovered my love for jason bateman and arrested development, the tv show. not only does it make me lol, it makes me appreciate my family a lot more. not that i dont already appreciate them tons, but perspective is always good. if you haven’t seen the show, well i can’t really recommend it to anyone who isn’t slightly warped like myself. or certain members of my family, now that i’m thinking about it… hahaha

so here’s to another year, Williamsburg, Virginia! huzzah!