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Posted by: Denelle

Hi, I'm Denelle and once upon I time I use to write for this wonderful blog.

OK, so maybe it hasn't been that long but it seems like it's been forever since I posted.

My mom came to town for a visit, I've been fighting off a cold (I'm drinking Theraflu while I type this so hopefully I make it to the end of the post), and I've had two midterms and a research paper outline to turn in, all in the last two weeks (why didn't anybody tell me that grad school was going to eat up all of my free time). Plus, I'm preparing to have surgery on Thursday for the ankle that I injured way back in October.

I think I was in melt-down. I've cried at sappy commercials, and emails I've sent that were happy and funny. It's amazing how we can be so busy that we hit empty and don't even realize it.

And that's why today's church service was so wonderful. Pastor Davis preached about prolonged exposure to the presence of the Lord (how Moses' face shone when he came down from the mountain) and how when you take the time to just linger in the presence of the Lord it completely changes you. Needless to say I spent some time just basking in the wonderful presence of the Lord and I feel a million times better. And I've resolved to pay closer attention to my life so that I don't get to that point again any time soon.

So I'm asking you to continue to bear with me through the first part of this week.

The surgery is on Thursday and that will be the beginning of my two week recovery. I'm not allowed to put any weight on my ankle and since that means crutches, I'm going home to LA - where everything is on one level and people drive if they want to go somewhere - to recuperate. Mom's a nurse so I'll be in excellent care and since I can't go anywhere I'll have lots of free time to spend with you all (in between all of the reading I still have to do for grad school . . . why, WHY????).