state champs.

yesterday was lots of fun.

went to church, and then headed to columbus.

me neighbor coaches hockey and they had their state championship game.

they played jackson {just 10 minutes from me at school!} and won!

i even ran into a lady from pilates class who was there to support her nephew :).

there were several guys there from my graduating class, who won states when we were seniors.

it was so good to see them.

i am so proud of my neighbor and their team!

{right after they won: score 3-2}

then we headed to donna and bill's house for dinner.

i headed back to campus and got in around 11 pm. 

last night was a bit hard.

seeing the guys i graduate with made me think something i've never thought before (and am so ashamed to have thought).

for the first time i thought:

'all of these guys are great guys.  they're nice, smart, attractive, and gentlemen-like.  but they don't love Jesus.  and if i didn't care to find someone who loved Jesus, i could date them. any of them'

i've never not wanted to look for a Christian man, and not that i was, but i felt it was an inconvenience to try to wait for a man with that important characteristic.

sometimes it is just so easy to get defeated in this journey.

all the waiting, and waiting....and waiting.

when there are so many non-Christians i could be dating!

now, i only want a Christian husband.  trust me.

and i have been praying a lot about these thoughts.

i don't want them.

i want to want to wait for a great Godly man.

but boy, all this waiting sure gets me impatient at times.

i have to remind myself that waiting is hard, but the reward will be greater than i can fathom.

and while being back is hard, especially being monday, i was reminded of Him through a beautiful sunrise.

in canton, sunrises are just awesome. like all the time.

and it was just enough to make this monday's start a little bit easier.

{so so pretty!}