You make beautiful things out of the dust.

in just a few short weeks i will be back in peru. i am unbelievably ecstatic. i cannot wait to catch up with old friends, risk my life just by getting in a taxi, go to the plaza for late night cake, and drink cafe con leche at the little corner store down the street. but above all, i am eager to go hang out at the day care, see how far the construction has come on the orphanage, and hang out at the garbage dump. this is a candid photo that one of my role models, jeff, wonderfully snapped.

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. -Mother Teresa

incalink is an incredible organization that i feel so blessed to work with. i wish so badly that i could have been an intern again this summer, but i know that God will have amazing things in store for me in Argentina. i think that everybody needs to check out incalink.net to see how awesome it is! yeee!

Together

I watch this probably once a day. And each time i can't help but get up and dance!

black hawk pride.

so the chicago black hawks won the stanley cup. therefore all of chicago erupted with insanity. friday morning was the celebration parade. needless to say, julie who is my partner in crime in chicago, and i woke up at 7 am to join right in with the madness.

the entire city had exploded in red and black and people everywhere were ecstatic beyond belief. everyone was hanging out of their windows throwing confetti and "chelsea dagger" by the fratellis was playing throughout the streets. the parade passed with the budweiser clydesdale horses, many chicago police, and all of the chicago black hawks players on top of double decker trolleys. and after it passed? well we jumped the fence and joined right in with the riots!

love the black hawks logo sewn on the chicago flag. even better that its hung on a fishin' pole!

the trolleys with all the players.

julie & i are expert weavers. we can weave our way to the front of just about anything.

the streets were packed from building to building.

Police officers trying to hold back the riots.. a minute later everyone shoved through. Needles to say, some people got arrest. oof!

& there it is. the stanley cup. i love this city.

you really got a hold on me.

i love my city. i love my city so much i cannot even explain in words how much i love it.

last week jessica and i frolicked all day in lincoln park with julie. ate delish cupcakes at sweet mandy b's (where i discovered an enormous chunk of carrot in my carrotcake cupcake!). ate awesome pizza at chicago pizza oven grinder. then went to mayfest which was an absolute blast. later we met up with some friends in albany park, homesweethome.

at the beginning of this week i went to millennium park for the free she & him concert.

it was beautiful to say the least. i not only love zooey deschanel's voice, but i love how m. wards compliments it so well. the show was great, the people were great, chicago was and is always great.

tomorrow is the parade for the blackhawks. eeee!