Game Night

A few nights ago, The roommates decided to have a little game night.








I would upload more pictures, but it is taking about 120982349-239402374981233,00000,000 minutes to do it.

Prodigal Girl: Here we go!

Prodigal Girl: Here we go!: "So I am not a writer by any means, although I have kept journals since I was 10. For some reason I can process through things better when I ..."

Home is wherever I'm with you

I have NO idea how to start this blog. I am currently in Clemson, South Carolina, sitting on a couch in the Ridge, APT 107 to be exact. Looking at Betsy, and Susannah watching some show on television, while I have my headphones in listening to "Home" by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. This song brings a lot of sweet little memories to my thoughts. Specifically being in the Ceramics Studio at PC. Duncan Cecil introduced me to this one, and I absolutely adore the lyrics, and playfulness of the song. I just picture myself dancing around, rinsing the slip out of my brushes, singing, and laughing while enjoying the company of other art majors.
So this first made me a little sad, right? I mean, I am no longer a Blue hose. Here I am, a "Tiger," and currently that doesn't carry as much weight to me as it probably does to most of the students here. Please do not take this the wrong way, and assume that I am unhappy here. Because I am VERY happy. It did, although, make me think, and wonder why else I like the song. I love the phrase, " Home is wherever I'm with you." I have just realized that, wherever I am in life, I will always, in some way be, "Home." As long as I am pursuing Jesus, and TRUSTING where he is taking me, I feel that I can't get to far from Home.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjFaenf1T-Y

The Beginning of something great.

Hi, blogging world,

I have missed you. I am thinking about going behind your back, and making another Blog, but this one will only be a Photography blog. No need to be worried.
So last night was my first night in Clemson, ended it by watching Love and Basketball with the wonderful Ashley Marshall, and woke up this morning to a winter wonderland. GEEZ. This place is beautiful. I have been wondering when it will hit me that I am in a new place. I mean, I get it, but I just feel like I am here to hang out for a while, and play with new friends. I have been to excited to sleep, so I have spent a lot of time in my bed, just thinking. I can't even begin to imagine what this year will look like. I know I have so many wonderful relationships to come, and THAT is a precious thing.
So I was trying to explain this "move" to someone the other night, and all that kept coming to my mind was a fresh start. I know that God CLEARLY pointed me here, and took me where I needed to be. He truly does know the desires of my heart. :) I needed this, the FRESH start.
I am at a place where I could soak up so many different things, and THAT is a wonderful place... I want to be committed to updating this thing. So stay tuned people.

Looking Forward

Yheesh,

It has been quite a long time since the last post. I promised myself I wouldn't do that.

Well lately, I have had a lot to look forward to. That really is the only way to sum up the past month or so. Leaving Pc, I thought would make me come un-glued. Maybe it hasn't hit me yet, or maybe God intended for me to be able to walk away now, pain free? Maybe he knew that was the only way I could handle a change. Either way. It is starting to feel a little more real, and tangible. I am not sure yet, I can't quite describe it all. Either way, I know I am being taken in a completely new direction, and I am ready for whatever is to come. :)

Life for me has been jumping from one great thing to the next. ( How blessed I feel to be able to say that.) Leaving school, I came home to a great family, and home, decorated beautifully. Christmas festivities have all been fun, from the annual Christmas party...




then to Skiing with Daniel, Julia, and Miles at App Ski Mountain,


And straight from there to Ashley Marshall's Lake house to visit some friends from Louisiana. :)





I can't even begin to explain how amazing it was to see these Guys. Chris, Eric, Chase, and Jacob, you boys are absolute GEMS. and I am so Blessed to know all of you.

It was not that we did anything extraordinary, just shared un-interrupted time with one another. I always love my time with ANYONE from Louisiana. ;)

So then I came home and enjoyed the surprise of a new camera on Christmas morning! Hopefully this will help me with my future dream of photography. Ha. One can dream... I really have loved this break. I feel like every time I come home, I get closer and closer with my lovely sister Brittney. I really enjoy her and time with her more than she knows. She has such a childlike and unique love for the people around her. I love it. It is really contagious, and I find myself wanting to spend more and more time with her.






Then I had a wonderful time with a few summer Workcrew girls and Summer staff Friend!



Tomorrow I will be going to see one of my very favorite Bands, THE AVETT BROTHERS, in one of my favorite little towns, Asheville.

I will update this thing a little more in the next few days. :)

roll away your stone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL_zuWHrLdI


I am pretty obsessed with this song.. I think it has a lot of meaning tied up in it... yeh.. Maybe I will write more about this later..

"Remind me to tell you how I escape all the Noise."

So here I am, weeks away from a few things, (volleyball ending, my best friend getting married, potentially a change in schools, majors, friends leaving, and friends coming..) Things seem to all the sudden be creeping up on me. Does that happen to you? Thinking things are so far away, and you will figure it out later and then all the sudden, BAM it is right in front of you, and you realize you have a lot to deal with, or just a lot of directions that life could be going, and having to figure out how you FEEL about each one individually, and collectively.
Well.. I have come to the conclusion that I am joyful and excited, but of course.. nervous/anxious.. that always seems to be my nature about things. So I am trying to reach a little harder for the joyful side :).
Okay so with all this Speed and things creeping up, I have struggled to find my quiet place.. or just time for the Lord, finding time to listen for his voice. I was in New York recently for an Art trip, and i just noticed how different the culture was there, everything moved 20 times faster than life in clinton, and I left wondering how in the world these people find that place.. where everything is slow, and God's voice is easy to hear. How could these people possibly block out or escape this noise, chaos, business, and overall hurried lifestyle?
So I asked a friend how he did it when he was visiting New York in the Summer, and here was his Response..
"Lindsey, you have to go to Central Park, Lay Down, and close your eyes, block out the noises, force yourself to listen for 5 things other than the obvious... Listen for the simple sounds."
-Thomas Joyner
-- If you do not know, Central Park is of course surrounded by the city, with horns, cars, and just noise EVERYWHERE. I never had the time to make it to Central Park. ( This will for sure be on my agenda when I go back.)

So... What are the simple Noises? To know the simple, I think we need to know the opposite, what are the complex noises?

Complex: 1. So complicated or intricate as to be hard to understand or deal with."

Simple: 1. Consisting of one element or part only; not combined or complex: a simple mechanism
2. Free from complexity or difficulty
3. Clear, intelligible, understandable, unmistakable

I want to listen for the simple noises, the things in life that are unmistaken, and clear.. Like the person obviously needing love, affirmation, or a listening ear. There are SO many things in this life that are FOR sure things, that are RIGHT under our nose, plain as day to see, and yet we so often miss them because we are to busy searching for the complex noises, and complicated ideas.
When it comes to our faith, I have observed people trying to make sure the "non-believer" GETS the idea that they are "This and not That," and trying to pound every piece of information into their head, and help them wrap their minds around the FULL Picture at the very beginning, when of course it will seem SO complex to them because you are trying to grasp the extraordinary before the simple.
I think Christ calls us to look for the simple in the world, and when you start to see and hear the simple needs of others, and discover his simple joys THIS is when we will stumble upon the extraordinary...


"Such simple things,
And we make of them something so complex it defeats us,
Almost. Why can't everything be simple again?..."
-John Ashbery