thirty feels significant. for a long list of reasons, this place feels important. but what feels most significant are the people who surround me. i walk forward with more strength because of the people who’ve stood and who stand. last night left me challenged, encouraged, and every kind of grateful. there are none better than these.
these are my people. they are my reason to celebrate and they are my reason to say thank you. they are my steady and they are my strength. there is no one i’m more proud of and there is no one i’m more grateful for. these five carry the good of an army. these five are for life.
stick with people. do the miles. the good ones, the hard ones, the slow in between ones. just stay. // still grateful for a weekend with people that i’ve done a lot of life with. their good can’t be replaced.
still not over this— or your vows @courtneylopez. forever a best day.
we’ve done a lot of miles together. only interested in doing them all with you. here’s to your best year yet!
already missing the other fifteen.
kristen, to journey with you has been to see grace all around. to watch you choose trust as sturdy hands reshaped your days has been it’s own good. to stand with you here was the truest of all honors. your day was absolutely beautiful. will, you’re the one. and i can’t wait to cheer you both forward. with you, always.
you gave gates a brother. he has no idea how great his “present” is, but i can’t wait to watch him learn. he will learn what i have learned. brothers love and defend and show up and fight and stand. brothers push you forward and brothers keep you grounded. brothers are the right amount of wild and brothers are built in protection. brothers teach you to risk a little more and step a little further. i’m proud to call you mine. happy birthday to the best brother and congratulations on number two. love you!
you are the sum of the people around you and last night you were surrounded by the very best. this says so much about you, court. you are loved by many, cheered for by many, believed in by many. i am one of the many who can’t wait to see the good that you bring out this year. here’s to 25!
napa, you were a complete dream.
february is full of people to celebrate. caroline, you deserve all of it. here’s to your best year yet because i believe that’s where you’re headed.
visioned.
nobody fights for what they believe in like you fight for what you believe in. nobody defends their people quite like you defend your people. with you, there is no halfway. if you go for something- you give all. you are as strong as they come, but not hard. no one is quicker to encourage. anyone who knows your heart knows you are only good. there is so much to celebrate and you are just getting started. with you for the journey. love you, caro.
when you find people who leave you wanting more of what counts, keep them. when you find people whose hearts leave you challenged, keep them. when you find people who leave you with more jesus and less of this world, keep them. there is only keeping with these two.
greats: those who bend low to push another high. this friend has it down. she slowly taught me by answering too many phone calls and leaving an office door wide open. still learning excellence laughter make the best pair. // when you learn, teach. when you get, give.
the last year pushed and pulled- and i’m grateful for every bit of it. those days left me more certain of what counts, overwhelmingly grateful for my people, and more determined in my direction. the last year could only be called good. for what has been, thank you. for what will be, i’m ready.
shepherd, this aunt already adores you.
so much better together.
i’m learning that my productivity in this season looks like a lot of quiet. two days of sitting still here left me with lessons to carry for all the years. slower is leaving me with more.
my texas people are just as good as they come.
so much of my heart lives in texas.
one more for the one who always held mom in her heart. you still light up the same way. couldn’t be more grateful for you.
some days your best efforts don’t seem to add up. trust looks a lot like choosing to see what isn’t seen. choosing to see what’s shifting inside of you even when outside circumstances feel the same. choosing to believe the narrow road to be leading you toward more and always more. trust looks like choosing the author over todays short story. today looks like trust. every single day needs to look a little more like trust.
one will always be a big enough number. one will always be worth it.
