hi all.  i guess it's been long enough since my last posting..almost a year! maybe i just wanted to keep some mystery about me. :) like i said..this whole xanga thing is really weird to me and if you want to know more personal stuff, i guess you'll just have to pick up the phone and give me a call!

but there have been some major changes in my life that i'm sure most of you are aware of...the most important being that albert and i are dating now.  and i know that most of you guys think he's so lucky to be with me for whatever reason, but honestly, he is the the one doing me the favor.  i won't use the "l" word because...well just because now it has new meaning, and i'm scared to be the first to say it.  but whatever it is that is going on between us, and inside me...i know that i have never experienced before. 

i have never met anyone who truly puts my needs before his own.  he challenges me to leave my past identity behind, and take on more of God's character.  he doesn't pay me lip service, but speaks only in truth and respect for me as a sister in Christ.  he is attracted most to what God has done in me, and how i have grown in the past couple of years...and i'm sure me being a little cute had something to do with it too. :)  he always makes us work through problems, even when i want to ignore him and shut down.  he is humble and open about his own shortcomings, and lets me support him instead of trying to figure it out on his own.  but most of all, through the way he lives his life and cares for the people around him, he models for me what it's like to really be a passionate follower of Christ.  he gives me strength, perspective, makes me laugh and always points me to my first love.  and if you guys ever find someone like him..or if you are lucky enough to be pursued like i was...consider yourself blessed!