Monthly Archives: December 2010

A year to forget…

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I know a lot of you have faced tough situations this year; so have a lot of my friends, family members, and church family. The phone calls, faces, hospital visits, letters, and questions are rolling through my mind as I type this. You know who you are and you’re on my mind.

This year, for many, has been a nightmare and a lot of us are ready for this round to be over. So, this post is for you: For those of you who don’t think you can take one more blow this year. For those of you who have been to hell and back and live to tell about it. Who have dealt with loss. With confusion. With anger. With disappointment. For those of you who see 2010 as a year to forget. For those of you who know 2011 has got to be better than 2010.

This is your time to think about it. To hope about it. To maybe even offer up a typed prayer to the heavens for a better year ahead. For some of you, it wouldn’t take much. It wouldn’t take much at all to spark a tiny flame of hope in your heart… What could light that flame? What’s something you can hold on to–some tiny piece of hope–that would assure you that 2011 is better than 2010?

Type it out here. And I promise you that this little blog community will be praying that our God of Grace reaches down to give exactly what you’re asking for.

What’s next???

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Heyyyyyy everybodyyyyyyyy!!!

This year I took on the goal of writing 25 new songs and rewriting 25 old songs, adding up to 50 titles this year. Ok. Let’s be honest: I haven’t technically “met” this goal.

Oops.

In reality, I’ve churned out 36 new songs and 13 rewrites. That makes 49. Eek. As I type this, just days before the new year (oh the suspense!) I’ve got ONE song to go. Aughhhh ONE!!! So, at some point between now and 2011, I’ll either write or rewrite something and be done with it. I can’t promise it’ll be a good one. At all… It’ll have to do.

Anyway, moving on to next year. Yayyyy!!! My goal for 2011 is to do some form of 3 songs a month. Someone recently used that count as an example of what staff writers aim for. I have no idea if it’s a legit figure, but it’s all I have to go on. AND I want to be a staff writer, so there ya go.

I also have an amorphic (why don’t the dictionaries recognize this word? it’s one of my favorites.) immeasurable goal of getting over my stage-fright. There’s something brewing behind the scenes of my life that I’ll tell y’all about REAL soon. But I’ve got plans to force myself into performing REAL soon. Like *REAL* soon.

Anyway, those are my goals. 3 songs/month + performing somehow some way.

Any goals/resolutions you’ve got in the works for 2011? Do share!! Let’s encourage one another in this!

Our First Christmas

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Our first Christmas as a married couple was nothing short of out-of-control. Neither of us could stand to be away from our families, so we decided to do all of it. And we HAD to start by waking up in OUR OWN home, because – after all – it was OUR “first” Christmas.

Short story = we were in 5 different homes, 4 different towns, in TWO different states. All in a 16 hour period.

We spent approximately 7 (of those 16 hours) driving 300+ miles. (Note the order of A, B, C, D in the illustration provided, please.)

We ate “Christmas Dinner” THREE different times. ANDIDONTEVENLIKETURKEY

We will NEVER EVER EVER do that again.

Merry Christmas…

Post idea: Kat, from a long time ago!

Listen.

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[written in the past]

“Ladies and gentlemen, once again: if you are scheduled on…”

“Tonight’s gonna be the tough one. I’m supposed to make it to Rochester, but all the flights are…”

“ah no. But I guess I suspected that from the start.”

“Daaad. Daad! DAD!!!”

I’m sitting in an airport. I love sitting in airports. I fell in love with airports just after we moved to Boston. Airports get me to the places I love to go. They’ve gotten me home and back. They’ve gotten me to amazing conferences. And to friends across the country.

When I’m at an airport, my life is simple. It’s pared down to a bag with a MacBook and wallet and book and cell-phone and lipgloss. And a few snacks. And some pens and a bible and notepad. And a bottle of water. Oh and my iPod. Rock on.

And that’s it. With all the distractions around me, I’m able to really listen to what’s going on in my own brain. I don’t know what it is about airports, but they allow me to really see myself and my life and what’s going on in my world.

And, this time, in this season, I’m happy. I’m content. I’m at peace with life as it is. And I can’t tell you what a relief it is to type those words. But, I don’t have to tell some of you. Y’all know.

But, I wonder about you… I don’t know where you are or what’s going on in your life right now, but I do so genuinely hope for contentment and peace in your world as well. Do you have it?