who are you? I am Lydia, the ranking old timer of the folks that are a part of this blog. I am honored to be a member, and really, I couldn't imagine not being a member. Actually, I can. It'd be pretty lonely. Probably the saddest thing I've EVER experienced. Haha...just kidding. I just graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (woot woot!) and I have a job starting here in just under a month in Charlottesville, so y'all can't get rid of me yet.
But apart from what degree I received, which doesn't define me, who am I? I am, first and foremost, a daughter of God. I am a citizen of his kingdom, and that defines me. I am not a Virginian, a Floridian, a New Yorker, an Arizonian, an engineer, a young woman, an outdoorsy person, or anything else. I think it's important to remember that, that we are not defined by what we do or where we come from - what defines us is where we're going.
why are you at uva? Well, like I already said, I'm not actually at UVa anymore, but I will be living SOOOOO close to Harmon that I want to be there a bunch, for joy-rides, late-night conversations, Friends, etc. I chose UVa because it was a good public school at the time, my dad actually went there, and it was in-state. I knew Kady Fredstrom from high school - some of you don't know her (she's now married and has the last name of Webb), but she lived in the Lighthouse from her second through fourth year, and she was part of the reason it is a Chi Alpha house now, and that we have house prayer at the Lighthouse. Anyways, when she came home from her first semester, I grilled her with a million questions regarding UVa and student life (because I'd applied early decision, also to only UVa), and all she could talk about was Chi Alpha in her life. I spent many a weekend at the Lighthouse my first year, and I have Kady to thank for making my first year so much better than it could have been. Christ's love is the mustard seed, and Kady showered me in it.
what is God doing in your life this summer? I'm currently in Florida just kinda hanging out with my family, and it's been hard getting re-adjusted to living at home. I'll only be here till July 9th-ish, or maybe the 8th, when I head back up to Virginia for my job. A lot of what God has been teaching me has to do with my parents' home church, which is the denomination that I grew up in but which I may end up leaving (b/c of XA), and learning to love and work with people who are very legalistic and don't live in the love of God but in the judgment of God. Also, I'm learning how to have an adult relationship with my youngest sister, Molly, who is 8 years younger than me. I never, before college, considered how far apart that is, but she is just about to start high school, and I am going to LIVING away from her. I'm reading Primal with Auna, and I just want to share this with y'all. Mark Batterson talks about how we can easily put up a facade of ACTing like a Christian, but it's in the REACTion that our true colors are exposed. So I've been trying to figure out what that looks like, and focusing on myself showing compassion, not my family or people at church.
what random thing happened today that made you laugh? Well, by way of laughing, I haven't had anything particularly hilarious happen today, but saw two really awesome things. I saw a giant fish-hawk, called an osprey, carrying a HUGE fish in his talons from the ocean inland. It was SWEET. Then, on the way home from the beach, there was a real, live 4-foot alligator crossing the road. It was fan-flippin'-tastic.
Oh, funny story. Yesterday, there was a family of geese walking across a 8-lane highway, and they were moving at their own sweet slow pace, and traffic was stopping all over the place to allow them to cross. It was funnier yesterday...
I look forward to returning to Virginia. Florida's 100-degree heat is a little much, even for me, a heat-lover.
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