A Romantic"s Letter to this Beautiful Life

We can't have it all 

But we can make the most of the memories we have 

Long car rides in a nostalgic land that was the original home 

Losing yourself in his emerald blue eyes 

Singing of God"s endless love in Lithuanian at bible study 

Stranding yourself in the middle of nowhere with dear friends 

Wednesday prayer nights of hope with your dearest roomies, believing in God to do miracles of the impossible. 

Sipping banana chocolate lattes at midnight with your best friend talking about this beautiful life 

Singing Russian love songs in coffeeshops with an acoustic guitar

Late night walks after youth group lost under the starry Baltic sky...

We can't have it all, 

But we can make the most of the memories we have, 

Our hearts will break within our glass souls 

We will fall in love 

We will fall out of love 

Oh how short this life is! 

As we immortally lie to our mortal selves

Taking the ones we love for granted 

You are only 22 once 

Perhaps our lives didn't go as we planned, hoped or dreamed, but I thank God He had something even greater in mind 

I thank Him for 

Each smile 

Each heart felt laugh 

Each dear soul I have ever met in this beautiful life 

Each moment of artistic inspiration 

Each musical melody that ever danced across the catacombs of my wandering heart 

For Every time I was lost under your Baltic sky 

for every time I was lost under your American sky 

And every culture in between and beyond 

We can't have it all 

And I've finally come to peace with this reality 

But we can make the most of the memories we were blessed to be alive for.