I wanna read good news; I wanna be innocent again

These words consume her but they never set her free.

Time for something upbeat.
I love so much about my life. Really, truly, I feel really blessed by a lot.
I love Sunday school. I love helping Aidan write a get well soon card to his 2 year old sister. I love how it was completely his idea. I love when Holly tells me she loves me and I love Claire making her best monkey face. I love my job. I love drinking 'Neil's' hot chocolate (with sprinkles) with Kim and goofing off with DavRo.
I love Shawn. As my youth pastor and as my friend. I love going out for coffee every week, and just talking about everything on the way home from church. I love his dedication to his family. I love his family. I love how he'd die for Krista, Emma and Katie without a second thought.
Clint says he'll always be my youth pastor, no matter how much time passes, Shawn will be who I think of when I think of "my" youth pastor.
Honestly, though, I'd rather think of him as this huge force in my life. This major mentor. Then everyone can move forward and kind of embrace whoever comes to fill his place.
Right. My love thing.
I love my friends. I love Michelle and how she doesn't see any option other than good. I love Tyler, and his goal of becoming even more laid-back, ad how he doesn't use car doors anymore and just jumps through windows. I love Mike's socks with sandals and directness.
I love Carlye. So much. I wish she didn't have to hurt. I love Camille and how straight forward she is regarding her entire life. I love driving to Victoria at 2am with Carlye and Camille to go to Denny's... and realizing after that we're not even hungry.
I love how Ben is always there to listen to me. Always. I could go on for hours and he'd just listen, no matter how ridiculous I'm being. And that's most of the time. I wish I was better at letting people know how much I appreciate them.
I love Stephanie. I just thought I'd put that in here. I love how she's always treated me like an adult, even when I was nowhere close to one. I love sitting in church with her discussing how tithing plates should have ATM's on them. I love how she's really a kid at heart, in a 20-something body.
I love rain and the sun and leaves and stars and the smell of morning.
I think I want to be proposed to in the snow.