Here are my wishes

Wishes that are sincere, that include happiness and not too much ambition. Wishes that come from the bottom of my heart.

I wish for happiness and health, not just for myself but also for those I love like Mom, Steph, Laulau and Uncle Kenny and my dearest friends.

For myself...my wish can't really be articulated into words. Well okay lol, it's not that corny...I know what I want. I want a fantastic boyfriend who is semi attractive, intelligent, hilarious, and utterly loyal and gentle to me. I wish that boyfriend turns into a wonderful husband and we have a marriage akin to the Greats, like Mcdreamy and Meredith, Haley and Nathan, hell Bella and Edward (lol) or maybe a little more down to earth, like the Joes. I want kids with my husband who I raise well, so that they are polite, wise, responsible, and wonderful people. I wish that my teaching career settles into a comfortable skin that I stop trying to shrug off, and progresses and blossoms into a PhD or admin or something greater in the far future.

I wish for love, and happiness. I wish to find my better half, and not just settle for some semi decent fellow who can keep me somewhat warm but someone who is truly a wonderful match for me, a la Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. So I guess, in short, I wish for true love....a great, warming love that makes me the best version of me, the happpiest version of me, and I do the same for him.

I wish for a beautiful house in a beautiful town- Arcadia, Temple City, somewhere near here- where I raise my family and am near family and friends. I wish for this.

What is God?

God is in the small spaces, the pauses in music that make the song something extraordinary.

God is the small kindnesses in everyday life, whether it be carrot cake, a quick smile, or a genuine how are you.

God is sailing in a small wooden fishing boat in the Bahia de Los Angeles at 6 in the morning, the water smooth as glass and reflecting the early, gentle light of dawn so that all the world seems to be a gentle mirror of just the lightest tints of gold and blue.

I may not be Christian, but I certainly am religious.