Two

I'm beginning to think I numbered these wrong, or that I missed a number somewhere along the way. But that's not important right now.

I'm thankful that, despite all the work that went into it, I got to see so many of my family members today in a huge get-together before I head back off to college. As much fun as it was, that's not what's on my mind right now, either.

What I'm thinking, right now, is of one of the wonderful role models in my life. A fellow blogger, she has inspired me to keep a (somewhat) daily log of what I think and feel. By opening up and sharing a bit of herself every day, I like to think I'm doing the same thing. Maybe I'm not quite as good at it as she is, but then again, she's a little bit older and infinitely wiser than I am. She's not afraid of showing that she, like everyone else, is imperfect and vulnerable.

She sets great examples for me and everyone else in her faith, her 'can do' (and canning) attitudes, and in her writing. I could go on and on about how inspiring she has been to me this summer, and how much I look forward to reading her work every day, but I don't want to seem like I'm brown nosing, here.

All I will say is that I'm both excited and honored to be a student of Lisa Smith both in the past and this coming semester, and that whether or not she reads this, she has been one of the greatest recent influences in my life.