I just got back from california, and it was awesome.  God truly blessed our trip, and i really learned a lot....a lot about california, and a lot about my friends, and a lot about myself.  Thank you God for a great trip with great friends!

I have decided to stop keeping a xanga page.  the reason being that for me it is too impersonal.  if you want to know what is going on with me please call me, and if i want to know what's going on with you i will call you.  xanga is a great thing, but right now i think i just want the personableness of a phone call or an e-mail back.

so if you want to know what's up with me call me on my cell at 314-498-6900, and my e-mail address is djsc47@studentmail.umsl.edu

Thanks you guys, and always know that I am praying for you.  and please call or e-mail, even if i haven't talked to you in over a year i still want to hear from you, because there is nothing to be embarassed about, because i haven't called or e-mailed you either.  Take care and God bless you all and your families!

i just got back this afternoon from Truman State University.  i went to visit a good friend of mine who is staying the summer in kirksville, mo.  it was a lot of fun.  we finally got to hang out after months of not getting to catch up.  we grew up together, and it was nice to just chill for the weekend. 

today was a bittersweet day.  we had a going away party for my older sister, bridgette, b/c next Sunday she is leaving to go to grad. school at Florida State Univ. in talahassee, FL.  i am going to miss my sister so much, and it's time like these that you rewind your life and think about all of the missed opportunities she and i had to hang out and talk and have a good time.  but it is never too late.  and we already have an awesome relationship, God has truly blessed our family with a very good bond.  i am going to miss you bridgette so much, i love you!!!

random thought: for all of you out there who have, and i have been guilty of this before, thought that Mass is so boring because the priest doesn't give a good homily, or the music isn't so hot, or you don't feel like getting up out of bed, etc. think about this....the Mass is not meant for our personal enjoyment, the Mass is meant to give praise and honor and glory and thanks to God, and sometimes that means sitting through a very dull homily or bad music.  God knows you aren't crazy about the music at times or the homily at times, but He loves that you love Him enough to come anyway!  God bless you all. 

leaving for so cal next tuesday for a two week trip with some great friends.  surfing and the beach and camping in yosemite national park are our top priorities.  it'll be nice to get away and just clear my head and chill with some close friends.  i love livin' at home with my family, i could not ask God for a better family, but sometimes i just feel like i need to get away, but we're really going to celebrate my friend's graduation from Loyola Univ. Chicago, and so it worked out well...we get to go to so cal to celebrate and i get to clear my head....two birds with 1 stone! 

lately i don't know...i guess i just think too much sometimes, you know about what will happen after i graduate this coming may, and what God might bring my way this coming school year.  sometimes i just wish i could push a button and turn my mind off b/c i think way too much sometimes. 

prayre of the moment:  God please lead me to where you want me to be.  You are God and with You all things are possible, even working with such an undeserving person like me.  I love you Father!

i think all my life i have been afraid of getting hurt!  i think i have missed a lot of opportunities because i have been afraid of falling, but if we jump we might fall but we might land on our feet better than we began, right!?! 

i think it's time, it's time to finally jump and see what happens!  b/c no matter what, as long as we pursue God's will, then we can't be afraid of jumpin'!