just took my last psyc exam until after Thanksgiving...

as liz deschene would say.

"woo hoooo!!!"

i'm very excited to drive to the airport tomorrow,

coffee in hand,

to get on that plane,

enjoy the plane ride,

and see mi momma and mi brothers.

this is only the 2nd thanksgiving that i have spent

at home since i have been at teen mania.

[the last five thanksgivings of my life].

i am soooo looking forward to my mom's meal.

[she taught me to cook : )]

well, want to see some pics of my new life??

here are some from the way up here.

little red  p a c k e d  o u t [ha ha ha...]

lindsee b and i stopped for the night and ended up being til the next late morning

at her house and ihop.

what a memorable morning with these lovely ladies...

me, jenny hull, amanda hughey, tiffany untch, lindsee brandmueller

that evening when we got to the bcom campus,

lindsee and i unloaded the car and crashed in my new apartment.

i was shocked -

my hallway is as long as the dorm halls.

and it's all mine and one other girls.

i think i was in disbelief for about a week.

first room on the right is Liz's room, second one

on the right is mine, the third is our spare room

for guests, the one at the end is... a study??

here's my room!

and the spare bedroom...

the kitchen...

and the living room...

the next day, linds and i hit up ikea.

it was therapy - haha

lindsee brandmueller was used by the Holy Spirit to minister to me that weekend.

i am so deeply grateful for my friend.

also, my heart is continuing to grow more and more grateful for this one:

liz deschene

"oh cheez."

hahaha...

what an adventure it has been with you already.

lots more to come. : )

well, that's enough for now.

i am going to go and pack!!

oh, my bathroom... : )

happy thanks - giving, everyone!!!

today

i am homesick

[with a lower class 'h']

what is the essence of  w o m a n ?

"the time came when my desire to be safe was exceeded by my desire to be free...

"when you face what you fear, you become fearless...

"thankfully, over the years I have discovered that for every lie, there is an overriding truth:

Women are not a problem... they are an answer...

"YOU are an answer.

"answers comfort and slay fear with the power of love...

"when she is free she is not the weakest link; she is the ruby pendant suspended by a length of gold."

[fight like a girl]

lisa bevere fuels me.

"the way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,

which shines ever brighter until the full light of day."

proverbs 4:18

just finished my powerpoint and outline for class tomorrow.

so excited to teach/speak again.  it's been a while!

i'm teaching the class from habitudes called "golden buddha"

it talks about how there is gold inside of us, that is who we really are

We need to take a personal inventory of our gifts

because it shapes our self-image and our gifts

.also.

“We must read ourselves before we read others”

i'm looking forward to getting some face time with the interns.

tonight anna came to see me after dropping robert off at the airport.

she said something very interesting to me today.

"tara, it's good for us to stop and be alone a great deal -

it gives our sin a chance to surface, and a need to have to be dealt with."

interesting.

i agree.

"the problem isn't sin management, it's realizing that we are righteous."

    -rob bell

good night, world...