Princess Crowns and Pillow Pets

Yesterday I think I said the most accurate explanation of my weirdness ever. My friends were teasing me about how excited and childish I was being at the apple festival. The only way I knew how to explain myself was "I get overly passionate, excited, and opinionated, about things that everyone else forgets about".

Like Alpaca's - Well llamas more so and when I saw one I literally ran from the 'adult' conversation we were having to the long neck creature. Don't ask me why but I love them. And also camels. I almost got to ride one yesterday and I swear if I would've I could've died happy at that moment.

And princess crowns. Yes, I'm 20 and I skipped around the festival for hours with a sparkle crown and ribbons hanging down my back. And African artwork - which I really feel like needs no explanation save for the 40 minutes i spent talking to the photographer about it when all my friends were so ready to get back to the street.

I love seeing people achieving their talents. Like I was so stoked about looking at every booth yesterday - it's beautiful hope to me. It's these people who have not only found their talents and niches, but they're living in them. They're creating beautiful things out of fabric and pieces of wood and stone. And it's incredible.

And Jesus. More specificially preaching Jesus with love, which seems like it may be a little thing to a lot of other people in the world, but it's actually a huge thing to me. I believe in love more than any other attribute of God. I believe in love even when I doubt God, and it always draws me back to him. And it's crazy and intoxicating and sad and overwhelming and comforting and it's everything. And I get so sad when people forget about this little word, because love is what people need. Love is what draws people in, it's what they understand, and it's why they'll stay and listen.

Maybe I'm a five year old at heart, but I don't think I'll ever grow out of princess crowns and pillow pets and I know I will never grow out of love. But I don't think I want to either. In the words of a good friend: "What's life without the little things, the 'little' things are the ones that make you special".