peace

in a moment of great distress this past week, with my head ringing, plagued by a grey, chaotic cloud of what ifs? hows? and whys? I decided to surrender all my concerns in prayer. i prayed perhaps the most desperate, broken, ridiculous prayer I've prayed in a long long time. it was shamefully elementary and consisted of just three words: god. help. please.

in that moment i felt the peace of god that transcends all understanding settle in the depths of my chaos and suddenly, the stormy waters stopped churning. the rain stopped. the winds ceased.

i reveled in the calm, silenced by the abrupt change.

there was nothing left to say but thank you.
thank you.
thank you.

for the first time

for some reason, this spring i am allergy free for the first time since moving to DC! i am still waiting for the other shoe to drop. I fully expect to wake up one morning with my eyes crusted over and my nasal passages completely blocked -- but until that fateful day, i am living it up!

these days, I just love being outdoors walking or biking, and i'm really enjoying the flowers and blossoming trees. I know I seem like a crazy plant lady, but here are some of the lovely flowers/plants i've seen lately.

my office succulent is blooming! i bought this
plant from a random guy on the street in philly.

i'll never use "pansy" as an insult again!
these are gorgeous (seen in someone's yard)

not sure what kind of flowers these are but they are pretty

my new succulent planter. I was not sure if I should buy it but i'm glad I did.

so pretty 

the end. no more plant/flower posts. I promise.

seeing adele: an epic of epic epicness

Chris and I went to the Adele concert at the 9:30 club in Washington, D.C. yesterday and, indeed, it was everything I hoped it would be. Which is to say that I hoped Adele would be amazing and she was amazing.

In the middle of her set, I turned to Chris and said, It's so effortless for her! And Chris was like, I was thinking the SAME THING! Afterwards he said it's as if all other pop singers are walking on the ground, but Adele just floats on air. There's no friction. Singing for her is as natural and easy as talking.

I hope you get to see her when she comes to your neck of the woods.

waiting in line to get in. i tried to channel adele's retro style

his/hers

the civil wars opened, fun!

finally! adele!

looks fun to be part of her band

love her

ouch

my throat hurts.
my head hurts.
my heart hurts.

in need of some healing

ice cream.
dialogue.
prayer.

choi clan, june 2010, new mexico.

flying

Flying a Kite with Uno from Jeannie Choi on Vimeo.

sisters > lovers

weekend in flagstaff, arizona with the sister. photo dump!

reunited and it feels so good!

went hiking in sedona

uno, hikemaster

jeannie: wannabe hikemaster

oh just meditating on a cliff

pretty alien plant

walking around downtown flagstaff

uno modeling

flying a kite

the southwest agrees with my hair

we also went to the beach

and the moon!

the end. sadly.

i like ...

my sister and wildflowers

my sister and in n out

the first outing of the year for my dusty purcells :)

had a lovely time in flagstaff this past weekend with my sister ... photos to come soon. now i've fallen into a deep depression in which i daydream about living with my family in a made up city called temecuflagdc ... we are all just a one-hour drive apart and happy as clams.