i have learned so much in this last year- most of all learning that i have so much more to learn :) Jesus has redeemed the previous 19 years of my life. a lot of pain, a lot of heartache, a lot of unfortunate circumstances- washed away with his abundant and overflowing grace and sweetness towards me in this last year. i remember looking at my drivers license when i was 16 in 2004, and it said '21 in 2009' and i could only laugh, unable to even grasp how far away that was (in my 16 year old brain) and what life would be like then. some trials since then i would have not chosen or wished on anyone else- but they have built me into the person i am now- and i wouldn't trade them for anything. life started over last year around this time, and i've realized that where the bible says '...hope does not disappoint', really is amazingly true. a lot of new things, a lot of firsts, so much love, so much family, so much life and richness has filled me up to overflowing. thank you from the bottom of my heart to my family, my friends and my clients who have stretched my heart to a bigger understanding of life and love :) words really fail me- so to wrap this all up i will say this....thank you most of all to Jesus.

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