A Heart Shaped Mailbox.

Do you remember those mailboxes that you would make out of shoe boxes when you were a kid? You'd put hearts all over it, and on Valentine's Day, you would get one Valentine from EVERY kid in the class so you never had to feel bad about not getting any? If only life were as simple as back then...

Last night I was up until one thirty reading the end of "Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks. Let me tell you, he makes summer love seem to be one of the best things you could possibly be blessed with in a lifetime! Too bad Grease puts a realistic slap on the fact that summer lovin' happens so fast and is merely based on the fact that he has a car.

I wish I could tell you I did it. I wish I could tell you some romantic story of how my knight in shinning armor showed up today with a bouquet of white lilies, a skinny cinnamon dolce latte, and a side hug ready.

To tell you the truth, I even wish I could tell you that I wasn't writing this lovely little blog with someone in mind to fulfill that daydream, but the truth of the matter is I failed my mission of finding a Valentine. Yes, we still have all tomorrow to find someone, but I've decided to avoid defaulting to one of my many lovely soccer friends and instead taking this one for the team.

The team of course meaning me, myself, and I. But here is the thing....I am totally okay without a Valentine because today, as I was driving the PCH, wind blowing in my hair, blaring the Shrek soundtrack with one of my closest friends in the driver's seat, I realized life simply couldn't get much better than this.

The sun was setting, the road was open, and to make everything a bit better, my favorite smell in the world was as potent as ever...bonfire. As I said before, I wish I could tell you some beautiful story of love...in fact, I know I could tell you one but you'd have to promise not to place me in the category of cliche Christian girl...actually, forget it. You can do whatever you want :) I'm telling it anyway.

This week God has romanced me in ways that don't even make much sense for me. For starters, I needed to buy foundation the other day, but realized I didn't have enough money to purchase it at that time...the next day, guess what was waiting for me in my mailbox? A package from my grandma from Oregon, with...you guessed it...foundation!

Next, I got to go out to a LOVELY dinner tonight with my good friend and her sweet mom at Chronic Taco, one of my new favorite places! I also got to spend an entire day with two of my favorite people doing errands...ERRANDS! Can you imagine having friends who will literally drop everything simply to take you on an errand run to buy nothing better than shampoo and conditioner?

My life is full, God is good, and I have NEVER felt more loved.

On top of that, I got to return to my Bible study tonight, which has been kicked off in such a blessed way, with all of us finally being on the same page as far as the vision goes!

I am just so excited to see what else lies ahead this year!

I have to get to bed, and I'm sorry I didn't fulfill this dare, but I promise you that as far as what Valentine's Day is even made for....to show the one you love that you care, God has done enough for me this week to keep me content until the 4th of July! :)

Keep the dares coming...

Kendra