I haven't written on here in forever. For some reason I began to think about my blog recently, and wanted to start writing again. Sometimes I get the inspiration to write and then other times it seems to go away. Maybe I am more in-tuned again with my heart, and what is going on inside me and that I really do have things to share. There have been valuable lessons I have learned on this journey called life. There always is, it's just a matter sometimes if we are listening. It would take forever to share all that has happened these past 3 years but I will start by giving a few highlights and maybe at some point go back and fill in more details of things I've learned along the way or other adventures.
My last blog I wrote was back when I lived in the mountains of Colorado for a year. These past few years have been a whirlwind for me. Being in Colorado was harder than I expected. I loved living in the mountains and I miss that all the time along with the snow, but the biggest thing that was hard for me was the winter months, feeling lonely a lot of the time. I went out there to work at a camp full time. I have worked at another kids camp in Iowa for 7 summers and so I thought I would try to do full time camp ministry, but it was definitely different than I expected. 7 of the months I was out there I worked as a house keeper and then towards the end I worked in the kitchen as well as doing the housekeeping.
Not all was lost. I did learn things out there. I was able to help out with outdoor education programs where schools would come out for a few days and the kids would learn basic outdoor things like water ecology, wilderness survival, animal tracks, and other cool nature things. There were ropes courses and zip lines for the kids to do as well.
I can say I did enjoy working in the kitchen. I learned a lot about working with others and I came to appreciate the differences in people, even when I didn't always agree. I learned a lot about mercy and grace first hand, from making countless mistakes, but watching grace and mercy in action being shown to me over and over, was awesome. Something I am still learning. I am not perfect and yet grace seems to still find me where I am at. I am thankful for that. I am thankful people who have sowed into my life and released grace and mercy to me even when I didn't deserve it, or I messed up a bunch.
Some of the things I miss about Colorado is some of my dear friends I got to meet. I miss the mountains. I am such a mountain girl at heart. Always was and still is. I miss the snow. I was only over snow once and that was because I got stuck in the snow, but besides that I never really got sick of it. It snowed a lot and it was my first real winter I had. I am one of those people who get excited about every snowfall that happens. I miss hiking. I got such an appreciation of hiking there than I have ever had before. It was amazing. I had some epic adventures hiking and I would love to go back and hike the 14ers (which are the mountains that are 14,000 ft high) I miss the wildlife. I loved seeing elk and moose right in my yard. I loved capturing the photos of wildlife. Although I was never able to get a picture of a bear, at least not yet.
Somethings during that time are best to let go of, but other things I carry with me, and they shape me into who I am. I am glad for the most part to be back in North Carolina. Since being back home, I have had two different nanny jobs and now I am done with being a nanny now. I am working now at the White Water Center. That is a very quick version of my life these past couple of years. Another time I can go back and fill in details. :)
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