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So, as you can see, things are changing here on my blog.  This is really just a bit of a sneak peek of sorts, because there’s about to be a whole overhaul!  I’m super excited about it, and I have my incredibly talented friend Kelly Beane to thank!  Not only is she an amazing photographer {she does all of my photos}, she also designed my new logo, above!  And she is the one redoing my soon-to-be new site for me!  Yay!!!  Thank you, Kelly Beane!

If it weren’t for Kelly, things would probably never change around here.  Change is difficult for me {except when it comes to my hair!}.  And it’s not even that I don’t desire change sometimes.  It’s more that I procrastinate and want to be 1,000% sure, and want everything to be absolutely perfectly set up and ready before I change it — which, let’s face it, hardly ever happens.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, there are some things you can’t really change.  Like tattoos.  I saw this post earlier on a fun blog that I like to read called thxthxthx.

It made me smile.  I have two tattoos, and to be honest, neither of them is absolutely perfect, but I do love them both.  And I do plan on getting more!

My first tattoo I ever got is this tiny green star.  It’s about the size of a dime, and it’s on my left hip.  I got it on Hollywood Blvd.  I smile every time I see it and think of that trip.  My friend and former roommate got a tiny blue star on her right hip at the same time as well.  Fun times, fun memories.

My other tattoo is a memorial tattoo for my younger brother Jack.  He was a Green Beret and was killed in 2009 while on a mission in the Philippines.  It reads, “De Oppresso Liber” meaning “To Free The Oppressed”, which is the Special Forces motto.  Underneath that is Jack’s signature from a letter he wrote.

So those are my permanent body decorations.  Do you have any tattoos?  If not, would you ever get one?  If you have one or more, are you planning on adding any?

~abi~

This video is making the rounds on Facebook today.  It’s really good, and definitely worth watching if you haven’t seen it yet.  Or, if you have seen it, I encourage you to watch it again.  And this time, when you watch it, try not to just think “Oh yeah, I agree.”  Try to view yourself and your religion, aka spirituality, through the lens of this spoken word.  That’s what I did.  It’s convicting and challenging. 

It was interesting that I came across this video today, after reading and pondering the following verse this morning:
James 1:27 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

That’s it.  It’s all right there, in that verse.  And expounded on in that video.  Good stuff.

~abi~

This morning, on my twitter timeline, someone retweeted this..

{from here}

I just thought it was pretty cool, so I had to share it. 

I am such a visual person.  And aside from that, money and numbers can be confusing for me, so seeing this image kinda blew my mind.  Isn’t it crazy??

~abi~