A Little Bit of Whimsical

Greetings friends and strangers,


So I’m not preachy today. Instead, I’m sharing some of my new found obsessions.

It is always great to see a new-fangled something or other, especially when it has to do with talent and ingenuity.

The first two are web series. There are a ton of webseries, vlogs, and thoughts by random people. What I happened to stumble upon by chance would be The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (http://www.lizziebennet.com/). It has run its course and ended after the 100th episode, but I was so impressed with it, I had to tell you. Lizzie Bennet is best known as a character in the fictional novel “Pride and Prejudice”. Now put modern clothes on her, along with red hair, place her in a modern setting and give her a video blog to speak to as her life carries its course with numerous friends, family, and enemies coming along to pop into her videos seemingly randomly. In between times she talks to you (about twice a week) she and the other people involved in her blog talk on twitter, commenting on everyday life or something rather important. Now modernize her family, friends, and crushes then give them all twitter accounts (and one sister a video blog of her own). Now you have the The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. It rolls in the same time frame as actual happenings. This made it sublimely realistic and several times I had to remind myself that no, Lizzie was not reading a book right now and Darcy was not dreaming about Lizzie’s long locks because really Heather, they aren’t real. It was lovely. They did a great job at keeping to the story, and the acting was incredible. I would definetly recommend it.

Something that is extremely similar would be The Autobiography of Jane Eyre.  So far I’m not entirely sure what I think but it definetly has caught my attention. It’s much like the above just with the characters and story of Jane Eyre. Look here http://theautobiographyofja.wix.com/jane-eyre#

On a different note: some art I have recently found and instantly fell in love with would be that of the whimsical James Hance. http://www.jameshance.com/index.html

There you have it, my whimsical happiness. Enjoy. :)

Community at Last

So as most people who read this blog know, I am no longer on some crazy adventure half-way across the world from my designated home. I am home.


What I haven’t told people on here is, I haven't felt at home since I left the ship. There are bits and pieces that helped my tiny little apartment feel like home. Like, for the first time in my relatively short life, My room is completely my own. It isn’t the guest room, I’m not sharing it, and it doesn’t have other people’s stuff in it. That is lovely. And, of course I need to clean it… note to self.

But… somehow the US, Colorado, with its beautiful Rocky Mountains, my family surrounding me, and where I grew up for 8+ years didn’t feel like home. I felt distant from God and family. I was bone weary lonely. I missed community, and all my friends from the home I’d made on the ship.

But now this is home. It’s funny how being accepted by others makes me feel like I actually belong. Like somehow having a little part of my heart is filled. The home part.

I now have a job where people recognize me, greet me, and joke with me. In my church life I'm also accepted. The girls from my small group are amazing and get really excited over the idea at having girl's night, or just hanging out one on one. I'm one of them.
I still say community is so important. We need people, other than direct family members, who we can call up and ask to hang out at any time. People who don't feel forced to be our friend. Who actually want to hang out.  How amazing it is to be given such a blessing. I think God made us for that. But I finally have it and I no longer have to be living with all of my friends to feel at home. It’s good. :)

God bless all,

Heather