Myrica Monday

hey girls...
gah, i can't believe I've gone so long without posting! I'm really really sorry about that. I want to say though, that I have been reading all of your posts, and I really appreciate hearing your thoughts and how you're all doing every time I get online (which tends to be every 3 or 4 days).

So what's up with me, you may be wondering? Well, honestly, half the time I'm not sure. Over the past couple weeks I've become really negligent about reading my bible, to tell you the truth, and that's had a lot to do with why I've been avoiding posting. But just because I haven't been regularly reading the Word doesn't mean I've stopped working on my relationship with God, I don't think. I feel like at least once everyday (and oftentimes more than once a day) I see something here, in nature, whether I'm out in the field with a class or just wandering around on my own, that just puts me in complete awe of His creation. I mean, really. I've known for a while that this connection I feel between God and the natural world is a very large part of why I'm in the major I'm in, but I'm reminded of it more than ever, the longer I spend at the biostation. I think these moments of awe are gentle reminders from God, because there have definitely been times this summer when I mentally kick myself for taking classes (who wants to be in school when you could be at the beach with friends?) or for choosing the classes that I did, because I think they're pretty hard. So, me enjoying the beauty of God's creation is His way of reminding me why I'm supposed to be studying this - to help conserve and protect God's creation.

Oh, also, I just finished reading a book for my lit class called "Refuge" by Terry Tempest Williams. I'm not going to lie, it was a terribly book. It's the true story of TTW's mom dying of cancer, being Mormon, and TTW's connection to nature. I cried during a lot of it, but it was fantastic. I think that part of the reason I connected with it so much was that it was a really exaggerated explanation of how I feel toward nature. Yeah, if you're interested in that kind of thing, you should check it out. :)

Okay, well I have to go finish writing a paper for tomorrow (ah! too much schoolwork!), so I'm gonna go do that...I hope you're all doing well! I love and miss all of you, and I really will try to post again next week, so that I'm back on a regular schedule.

Ok, bye!!! <3 <3 <3