Shall We?

*credit to the wandering post card project 

 as lovie and i have been discussing a potential trip to australia in december i am reminded of this time last year and this post card. i love the inevitablity of these four words..."have love. will travel." so simple, yet it fills my heart with gratitude and awe. let me start with last october, i was in university, jobless, and wanting more than anything to see lovie. the problem was we couldn't afford it, j was saving for his upcoming mission and i was a broke college student. almost nightly i would have a sobbing break down just knowing we were getting closer to my holiday break, and still had no means of paying for a plane ticket. during one of these heart broken tear feasts dad read me a couple of pages from the book the four hour work week. the author basically said he would walk through walls at the chance of sailing through the greek isles, yet, he wouldn't change his breakfast cereal for a week if it meant a weekend get away in minnesota. dad closed the book and pointed at me assertively and muttered "that. is. why. you're going to australia". from that moment on i told myself that if this trip was meant to happen it would work itself out, i wasn't going to waste any more time stressing. a few days later i was driving to class when a lady backed into me, yes, driving backwards, down the road, leaving a huge dent on my rear passanger side. it was strange enough circumstances that the accident couldn't have been my fault. a few days after that i recieved a check from the insurance company for nearly $1400! i concluded to not fix my car, but put the money towards one very expensive plane ticket, with josh's help we had booked my trip by the end of the week!

i've realized the inevitability of dreams. nothing is out of reach. nothing. if it seems impossible, you just have to want it more. have love. will travel. have desires. have hope. have faith. will do. 

with love,

lacey