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I am a house on a hill made of only brick and wood and stone.
I was carved out by a man’s hands, but now I stand alone.
My heart is cold and barren, no fire has burned for years.
I am separate and dark, the kind that haunts a child’s fears.

Do not try to wake me, I need unending rest.
Do not try to rouse me, trust me, living death is best.
Think of others in your quest, for I have grown too old.
Pick up your things, leave me be, I am too cold to hold.

"

— Olivia Jahnke

Posted 2 hours ago by oliviayonk

Some of the best conversations that occur in our home are when Adam decides to sit down and tell me all about what he’s figuring out. The thing is, I have no idea what he’s talking about. The other thing is, he’s amazingly good at breaking things down til I feel like I might have a grasp of the general concepts surrounding these nerdy and ethereal topics, (i.e. unix, GUIs, operating systems, Windows-bad, Apple-good, etc.)

I think I might be a secondhand web-developer.

Posted 1 day ago by oliviayonk
"For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout,
And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;
It will not return to Me empty,
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it."

— Isaiah 55:10 & 11

Posted 3 days ago by oliviayonk
Love to my beautiful mama who helped teach me how to read, write, respect authority, have faith in God, make good, creamy gravy, submit to my husband and make the world around me more pretty. Love you.

Love to my beautiful mama who helped teach me how to read, write, respect authority, have faith in God, make good, creamy gravy, submit to my husband and make the world around me more pretty. Love you.

Posted 1 week ago by oliviayonk

My brothers are currently touring with a talented lady named Chelsea Moon. Here is one of their live music videos, filmed by the talented David Fiser. All such beautifully and amazingly talented folks. 

Posted 1 week ago by oliviayonk

Adam: You’re my little trophy wife.

Me: I’m older than you.

Adam: What’s a trophy wife?

Me: It’s when an older man marries a young and gorgeous woman that he uses to get him things.

Adam: You’re not my trophy wife. You’re my beautiful wife.

Posted 2 weeks ago by oliviayonk
"No silly notion of playing the hero—what have creatures like us to do with heroism who are not yet barely honest?"

— George MacDonald

Posted 3 weeks ago by oliviayonk

Plan to be generous.

There are many perks to being married to a good man. Some of you may know of which I speak. I have been blessed in such a way and in so doing, have been able to learn many things from him which I may or may not have learned on my own (the may not does not matter, really, because God knew I could learn these things through Adam and saw fit to incorporate him).

One of these jewel lessons has been generosity. I am a naturally frugal person, I like to save money and resources and be constantly aware of how much money is going in and out, this is a good thing, I think it is also a gift, however it has often made generosity a challenge for me, because I have difficulty spending money.

Adam and I have recently completed our first year of marriage and have set in place certain habits in our lifestyle. One of which has been planning to be generous with those loved ones around us. It’s part of our budget to be generous. It’s been a tremendous blessing in my life to experience the gift of gifting generously to people, and I’m so thankful God has gifted me with a husband with a generous heart and a wise head.

Plan to be generous. Do it. And see how God happens to bless your soul.

Posted 3 weeks ago by oliviayonk
"As a pearl is formed only when the oyster is agitated with sand, the most important moments in my life were born out of friction. The art comes from the awkward ache. The knot in my stomach usually teaches me more than comfort ever could."

— Jon Foreman

Posted 1 month ago by oliviayonk
"Many folk like to know beforehand what is to be set on the table; but those who have laboured to prepare the feast like to keep their secret; for wonder makes the words of praise louder."

— Gandalf

Posted 2 months ago by oliviayonk
"How do I feel? Well, I don’t know how to say it. I feel, I feel — I feel like spring after winter, and sun on the leaves; and like trumpets and harps and all the songs I have ever heard!"

— Samwise Gamgi

Posted 2 months ago by oliviayonk
"And people are often unable to do anything, imprisoned as they are in I don’t know what kind of terrible, terrible, oh such terrible cage. […] Do you know what makes the prison disappear? Every deep, genuine affection. Being friends, being brothers, loving, that is what opens the prison, with supreme power, by some magic force. Without these one stays dead. But whenever affection is revived, there life revives."

— Vincent Van Gogh in a letter to his brother Theo (July 1880)

Posted 2 months ago by oliviayonk
Wall art. Wedding Polaroids by Parker Fitzgerald.

Wall art.

Wedding Polaroids by Parker Fitzgerald.

Posted 2 months ago by oliviayonk
[Flash 10 is required to watch video]

Adam’s jump training in the parking lot.

Posted 3 months ago by oliviayonk
I am beginning the Return of the King. Last and third part of The Lord of the Rings.

I am beginning the Return of the King. Last and third part of The Lord of the Rings.

Posted 3 months ago by oliviayonk