I'm sorry to all of my faithful readers. (all 4 of you?) I have all but ignored the blog world for a long time. So much has happened, and I have grown so much since the last time I posted. I guess I didn't post because I was extremely busy with all my schoolwork, but more so because I was going through an internal struggle that I could not post on the internet. A struggle for my feelings to be what I wanted them to be. Richard and I broke up a week ago. It was a mutual decision, and we are still friends. The first day or two I took pretty hard, but after that, it's been ok. Seeing how God has worked through our year of dating to bring both of us closer to him has been wonderful. I came to realize that breaking up isn't a bad thing. Dating isn't pointless when it doesn't end in marriage. I still have a good friend who knows me very well, some great memories, some not-so-great memories, and a closer relationship with my God than I would have otherwise. So here is a new beginning. It's a little scary and a little weird, but I'm excited for what God has in store. Lately I'm just captivated by the beauty God has created all around me. I like to think of them as his ways of romancing me---showing me how much he loves me and desires me to draw closer to him. So I have posted some pictures of the beauty I have seen in the past months. (I couldn't get the pictures to go at the end. Can someone tell me how to do that? I also can't figure out why my text got underlined and won't go back.)