Love. Be Tender.

Thesis Night -- but not mine!

 Hello! This is what I wore to listen to the seniors of my highschool present their theses.

 I wore Toms to make the outfit a bit more casual -- I hate being over-dressed :P

 I've been wearing headbands everyday lately because, well, last semester I was really stressed. When I'm stressed I have a bad habit of pulling at my hair: Hello, bald spot!

It's not too bad since it's summer time :) lucky me.

And I just wanted to give a shout-out to Helen (one of the contributors to this blog) for a great job on her thesis presentation and the fielding of the questions. Erin and Anna did a wonderful job too! What an awesome alma mater...

God bless!

Beauty is Pain...?

{I found this post sitting in my drafts from a year or two ago. I thought it was worthwhile posting so here ya go!}

Beauty is pain. How many times have you heard that? It almost seems to be common knowledge - if you want to be "beautiful" you have to go through pain for it whether it's uncomfortable shoes and clothes or diets. I remember when my friend and I were younger, she used to straighten my hair. When she'd accidentally burn me and I would complain she'd jokingly answer "beauty is pain!" Later in my life I thought beauty and thinness were the same thing - you couldn't have one without the other. You had to work for it and it was painful so again I heard the saying "beauty is pain!"

For me, it's been less than a year since I realized that's a lie. I had always known inner beauty was more important and I agreed but I didn't believe I had anything that would make me be "innerly beautiful" so I had to struggle for better outer beauty.  Now, I greatly admired those who you could tell had inner beauty - they were just different. I had many Facebook friends who went to Steubenville and I (the creep that I am) would look through their photos and see how beautiful they and their friends were. I would look through some of their friends photos (I know, I know..creepy) because they just had that "something different" and it draws people to them. That type of beauty does not come from pain. It comes from Joy and Love. They were people who are trying to live their live for God and become more like He who is Beauty, Goodness, Truth, Love and all these other qualities people strive for. A peaceful heart as result from a deep relationship with God is probably one of the most attractive qualities out there.

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Hello! I just wanted to share my friend Melissa's blogs with you all. She's talented and could really use the support. One is a fashion blog: The Young Fashionist, the other more of a thoughts and musings blog: Fighting the Good Fight of Faith. If you have the time, check them out and share them if you enjoyed.
Love and prayers,
Liz