the last month;

My goal has been to soak up every inch of this place, my home. My goal has been to remember each line on each face, and laugh until my abs feel like they just did P90X. My goal has been to write the plains of Michigan upon my heart, and the hugs of my family members in my arms. My goal has been to run my last lap here, and run it well.
It's been pretty successful.

These are the things I sacrifice, these are the moments I leave, these are the people I love going on without me. I take rest in knowing the foundations aren't established in the crumbling of this Earth, but on the rock of Christ. I enter into a new season with just my camera and faith by my side; ever trusting in a God I cannot see with the scope of my humans eyes but am continually seeing with the retinas of my heart.
Thank you, Father for giving such extraordinary gifts in such extraordinary people. Thank you, God for equipping me through each of them. Thank you, Jesus for choosing me on the cross to also come and die. Thank you, Spirit for putting within me revelation and wisdom. Impress these memories upon my heart; allow me to pull them out when I miss the taste of lakes and smiles. I know I'll come back as if no time has passed and all the familiar monuments will be the same, and I'll figure out it was me who changed, it was them who grew. Thanks for even those precious moments of hope. God, I love you.