In Full Effect.
"Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender." -- St. Therese of Lisieux The dawn of a new day. The blank page. A fresh start. That clean break. The crossover between what was and what is. Here it lands on my calendar as I look ahead to September. Two numbers, one day, and a whole lot of angst. I never thought I'd be who I am currently the week I turned 30. I would never have told you I saw life panning out this way. Looking back, I never thought it would take me this long to get here or grow this much or figure out life. I never thought I would still be sitting on the verge of some of lives' grandest adventures. But here I am. Ready to start the next decade, slightly sad to see the last one go, and quite aware that I am just wrapping up what could be called the best summer of my life. And while I'll spare you all the details of my "so good" summer. I'll tell you this, I lived my last summer of my 20's as we hash-tagged it