Anne Girl: What Goes On Inside My Head

I have always had a heart for kids.  It's one of the reasons I am so excited that I will get to work with kids during my photography internship this summer.  To me, being able to combine my favorite job (photography) with my favorite people (kids) makes for the best summer ever! However, as I scrolled through my Facebook news feed today, I noticed several stories asking for prayer for kids and their families as the children were quickly losing their lives due to illness.  My empathy side came out and it is hard for me to get those kids faces out of my head.  It brings me almost to tears as I think about all of the things those children won't get to experience here on earth.  My heart breaks as I picture what their families must feel like at a time like this.  While I sometimes hate how much pain my heart feels from my empathy, I know that this allows me to be constantly reminded of those families so that I can pray for them. It also has made me so thank...

I don't do goodbyes very well.  In fact, they are one of my biggest fears.  As another semester comes to a close and I prepare to leave my college for the summer, I am facing yet another round of goodbyes.  Some will only be for the summer, but for my friends who are graduating, this is the last time I will see them in a while, if not forever. I have always struggled with goodbyes.  Because of how invested I get in peoples lives and how much I care about them, I get very scared and sad when I realize that I'm going to have to say goodbye to them.  Even if it is just for a few months, weeks, or days.  Although I am an introvert, I love spending time with people and I am a huge people person.  I know... it's a strange mix.  But that's what I get for being INFJ! haha.  Anyway, it's hard for me to leave in the summer because I know that I won't have my familiar schedule of seeing my friends and professors every day. I was struggling a lot wit...