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Name: Ashley
Country: United States
State: Missouri
Metro: St. Louis
Birthday: 3/1/1983
Gender: Female
Interests: SAILING, playing the piano, and many other things.... I just love life!
Expertise: I enjoy helping my friends out with many different things... I was once told that I should be a counselor, but yeah, looks like that's not going to happen!:)
Occupation: Student
Industry: Medical
Message: message meEmail: email me
AIM:  comesailaway0301
Member Since:
6/5/2003
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| Does anyone still use xanga, or was this soooooooo 2003? :) | | |
| Wow. It seems I only come on Xanga when I'm looking at other people's profiles and making comments. Well, today was one of those days. My friend, Ryan posted pictures of mostly people back at Truman. There were so many memories that came back when I looked at those pictures...
Memories...in life, sometimes I think that's all we're gonna get. We move on. Life moves on. All that's left are memories. If only some of those memories we could experience again...would we be happier? would life be better? would we be the same person if we said one word differently?
As you can probably tell, I'm not a fan of change. Change is inevitable, though. We all go through it and will continuously...
I'm now entering my last semester at WashU in the Health Administration Program at the med school. Soon I will be leaving here, my friends that I've recently made and the ones that I've known for years. I accepted a fellowship at Memorial Health System in Springfield, IL. I am extremely excited about this opportunity, for I will be able to spend quality time with my only remaining grandma and grandparent. She can use the company, I know. Maybe I'll even be able to start taking her to church services. One can only hope...
I can't believe that almost 2 years have absolutely flown by. Where does the time go? It seems as though it moves faster and faster without slowing down. There is so much to life yet we're plagued by the infamous "routine" that we all seem to be stuck in. When will someone step out of it and live life the way we were meant to live it?
Just a thought...
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| "You give and take away.... you give and take away... my heart is here to stay.... blessed be Your name..." After almost a year of xanga entry, I take tonight to do an entry. Everything that I've been feeling in my life lately has led me up to the point where I am now. My heart has been bitter, hardened and taken over by this world. I look back on the times - sophomore year of college, to be exact - the times where I praised God and thanked Him for what He gave me. Where am I now? Have I grown in my faith? I have taken the blessings that the Lord has given me and turned away... I poured my heart out tonight, realizing that I've been given everything and anything that I could have ever wanted in life. I'm in a situation right now that people would be rejoicing over...but I'm so selfish and self-centered that it doesn't matter. I want to have a pity party for myself. I keep trying to control my destiny without letting the Lord take hold and lead my by His hand. Love. Joy. Peace. Patience. Kindness. Goodness. Gentleness. Self-Control. Faithfullness. All fruits of the spirit. Fruits that need to be grown in me, for they are still tiny seeds. I am forever grateful for the work that He has done up to now, making me realize I'm not where He wants me to be. This is a wake up call. I will not fall asleep again. "The Lord is my strength and my shield. An ever-present help in times of trouble." Psalm 56:1 | | |
| Anyone want to buy this jeep? Asking price: around $7,000.
Pretty cool. Xanga lets you post pics now! Anyway, this is the 1st time that I've written in a while. School (at WashU) is going OK. Lately, I've just not been as motivated as I usually am and really just want to get out into the workforce and get a job! I'm really tired of being stressed out, worrying about getitng this and that done, and no time to relax. I have my finance midterm on tuesday, so I should get back to studying for that. I am just so tired of studying and having no life. That is all I ever do anymore! Well, I know that my classmates are right in there with me, but still, I just want to be done!
Tonight I'm looking forward to going out to dinner with Justin. I haven't seen him in about 2 weeks, so that will be nice. We're going to try out Cicero's in the Ucity Loop. I've heard its a pretty good place.
2nd thing to look forward to : Justin's formal next weekend. It will be so nice to get away from here.
3rd thing: Thanksgiving. I absolutely can not wait to see my family. I love them and miss them so much.
Back to studying for now, peace. | | |
| So, it looks like my update on here is going to be about...oh.. once a month. Well, I guess that's better than some, right?
Today has been one of those days that can't get any longer. I start work at 10am, followed by classes for 5 hours, 1st time AWANA work with the Cubbies (3 and 4 year olds) at 6:30pm without dinner, then finally coming home exhausted and with a headache at 9pm. Wow. It's been a day. Not meaning to complain or anything, but just realizing that those littlle kids sure do wear you out! I have tried in the past to handle little kids, but I just don't have the knack for it. I certainly have to hand it to all of those pre-school teachers out there. You rock.
While wasting time checking away messages, I came upon one that inspired me. Funny how away messages can be inspiring... I subconsciousy think that is why I am obsessed with checking them all of the time... for inspiration and laughs:)
This away message read "time for a little one on one with Him." Awesome, just awesome.
Most of the away messages I frequenty read are complaining about ones day, loving someone so much, or how someone is out getting wasted, drinking, or drunk. For once, I read this away message and said "amen." :)
When I read that away message I started thinking about how I need to do that... spend some one on one time with Him. In fact, I'm going to do that now. Praise God for coincidences that happen in life. | | |
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