Salzy Baby

It's bittersweet not being able to sleep... bitter because I really enjoy sleep, but sweet because I was thinking about how my beautiful, dear sista got herself hitched yesterday... and if anyone deserves to be the happiest girl in the world, it's my Salzy.

This post is dedicated to my dear friend Julie Salzma--wait, no that's Larame as of today! :)

Salz, you blasted into my life with a punch and whisked away with the same force. From the instant, we were friends and I've never met someone who was so much as like me as you are. In a world where there is so much "good" ministry, we discovered our hearts beat for the exact same thing. From XTerra's to crab legs to painful pasts to healing in Haiti-God gave me a soul sister with you. We're living-out-of-a-backpack, random-wild adventures, noisy-busy-always-laughing nerds.  We're storytellers, you with photos and videos, me more with words and conversation. And as we shared OUR stories, I knew you had been where I had been and I understood exactly where you had been. I remember standing on the Hasting's deck in the frigid air around a not-so-burning fire that with Gibson hunting around for random stray mammals that are only found out there in the deep of Mt. Washington and diving deep into how God transformed our lives. I remember you telling me about Fanfan and-there wasn't too much to be said then-but you fully surrendered to God's timing and trusted Him for His best for you.

Salz, you taught me more than Pro-Presenter, you taught me to never stop embracing life. That no matter what season I'm in, to live in it as if it's the best part of the journey thus far. You helped pry the vault away from my shattered heart and heard God's grace in listening to the details of the chaos that was my life (still is, but now it's a beautiful chaos:P) and then you weaved together a beautiful display that exalts God's grace in my sphere of brokenness.

I thank God for you Julie, and I thank God that you follow and trust Him and that you shine that Light no matter what you're going through. I thank God that He brought you and Fanfan together, miles and countries and cultures apart, to work for His Kingdom together. You together are proof that God truly is good and that nothing is impossible in Jesus.  I wish you two nothing but joy as you serve our Savior in convenant. I love you Salzy!