2009 Recap

This seems fun, even if you are not entertained by it.

January 2009

• Moved in with Jacky Ritchey to St. Elmo (awesome)!
• Finished up college ministry internship applications and began praying about WA.
• Picked up Brian Burden at 4am from Moccasin Bend after an understated bad day.
• Started working at Market St. Tavern.
  

February 2009

• Made contact with Alan (yikes).
  

March 2009

• Went to the Dominican Republic with Children of the Nations!
• Found out my parents were separating/divorcing.
• Accepted a position with the INN in Bellingham, WA.

April 2009

• Met Luke at TBA climbing gym.

May 2009

• Katie died.
• Visited Bellingham, WA.
• Started spending muchas amounts of time with Alan.
  

June 2009

• Decided to leave for Bellingham early.
• Made lots of summer memories!

July 2009

• Kentucky 4th of July with MH.
  
• Parents signed divorce papers.
• Jessica moved to Maryland.
• Ann moved away and started grad school in Nashville.
• I left Chattanooga for the Pacific Northwest (the 15th).
• Day 2 met Kurtis at Boundary Bay. Perfect.
  
• Moved in with my host fam, the Gauthiers!

August 2009

• Learned to love vegetables.
• My sister got engaged!
• Friends at home went through some hard times.
• Got homesick and went home for 10 days.

September 2009

• Started the internship at the INN.
• Made amazing friends in Bellingham (mostly Emily and Patrick).
  
• Met Ansel Sanger.
  
• Missed home and cried a lot.
• Saw some of the most beautiful sunsets of my life.
  

October 2009

• Hiked up a mountain!
  
• Left the INN.
• Met Mama Sanger.
  
• Started the job search.
  
• Started to feel alive again.
• Had a really weird Halloween.
  

November 2009

• Fell in love with Seattle!
  
• Decided to go home for a while.
  
• Mom and Aunt Wilma came to Seattle to visit.
• Left WA behind for some clarity.
• Returned to Chattanooga to be with friends. Slept on a lot of couches.
  
• Had an awesome unexpected reunion with Ann and Jessica.
  
• Closed the Alan book.
• MH graduated!!
  

December 2009

• Made memories with my TN friends that I'll treasure for a lifetime.
• 24th birthday.
  
• Jessica left to backpack Asia. We connected over vagabonding.
• Danielle and I realize we're leading parallel lives.
  
• Got to live with Erik and Becca Dine and their adorable kids for a few weeks.
• Had some sweet fellowship at Calvary Chapel.
• Spent New Year's with the loves of my life.
  
• Kara got married!
• Bought a ticket back to Washington to live with the Sangers for a while.