Quotes

"Men are like a fine wine. They start out like grapes. It's our job to stomp on them until they mature into something you would have dinner with"

"Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional." ~Chili Davis

"Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs." ~ Anon

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." ~ Maya Angelou

"Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away." ~ Barbara De Angelis

"It is never too late to become what you might have been." ~ George Eliot

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ~ Howard Thurman

"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." ~ Author Unknown

The Name Game

So I feel like some people get confused by what to call me, so here is my attempt to map out my names and who they should be used by:

Kathryn- gym teachers and close friends from Boothbay (specifically Caitlin, Breeze, Aaron), anyone at L'Arche Irenicon, Josh Jenkins, Rowan Walker and professors on the first day of class

Kate- most friends from Boothbay, friends from NJ, my family on a normal day, my co-workers at Palabra, Jamie Wyeth (not that he'd remember, but that's who he signed my books to)

Katie- my parents or sister (mostly my mother) when they're talking to me like they think I'm four

Ryn- all my friends at Gordon unless otherwise specified, professors after the first day of class, Devin Mellor

RynTin(Tin)- Lisa Abramowski, my roommate, other Gordon people who think they're clever

Rynnie- my roommate and other Gordon people who are feeling cutesy

Kath- my first grade teacher only.

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Kathleen- no. never.

I need new shoes.

Where the Heart is.

This is where my heart is. Or at least, one of the place I keep my heart.
This is Reach. You've heard me mention, I know you have. This is the drama ministry I co-lead.

First off, for those of you who don't know what exactly Reach does, we're an outreach ministry. We make skits dealing with issues that teens are currently struggling with. Our topics range from self esteem, peer pressure, alcohol, and physical relationships to pornography, cutting and depression. We off course also throw in a few light-hearted skits in our shows to keep our audiences from feeling completely devastated at the end of shows...

And I love the skits, I love the performances, I love the outreach. This is where my heart is, my heart is in reaching out to teens, saying hey, I know you're struggling with this, I've struggled too. Its okay. That is my passion.

But I have to admit, the best part of Reach is definitely the members.
Four of the five people I consider my best friends on campus are in Reach. And everyone whose in Reach that I don't give that label to still are people I trust with my struggles. These people are genuine, caring and unique. We're all broken but we're all striving to be better, working to serve God, seeking His will. The people in Reach are open with each other in a way I never expected. At the beginning of the year, we went on a retreat where we told life stories and it all came out: our successes, our failures, our pain and burdens...

When it came time to sign up for classes, my adviser couldn't understand why I didn't want to study abroad. But to me it made perfect sense... I couldn't bear to leave campus for a semester because that would mean missing Reach. And that would mean giving up a piece of my heart.

Wow, that sounds so cheesy. If only you could understand what these people have done for me, how this ministry has allowed me to grow. If only you could know. But the only way you could ever even come close to doing that is if you joined next year... so why don't you?

In my Head.

I keep getting song lyrics in my head. Lyrics to a song I haven't heard in probably a good four years at minimum, a song I'm not crazy about, and a song I don't even know all that well.
In any case, I feel like there's a reason this song keeps surfacing so I thought I'd share it with you:

This is no time for fear
This is a time for faith and determination
Don't lose the vision here
Carried away by emotion
Hold on to all that you hide in your heart
There is one thing that has always been true
It holds the world together

God is in control
We believe that His children will not be forsaken
God is in control
We will choose to remember and never be shaken
There is no power above or beside Him, we know
God is in control, oh God is in control

History marches on
There is a bottom line drawn across the ages
Culture can make its plan
Oh, but the line never changes
No matter how the deception may fly
There is one thing that has always been true
It will be true forever

He has never let you down
Why start to worry now?
He is still the Lord of all we see
And He is still the loving Father
Watching over you and me

watching over you...watching over me..
watching over every things..
watching over you..watching over me..
every little sparrow..every little things...
(Twila Paris- God is in Control)