Summer Rain

Today has been simply a great day. It is so true that its the simple things in life that make it the best. This morning I went and walked with a coworker. It is amazing how starting out the day with a nice walk can help make a day better. You also feel much better. I had a great talk with a friend. I am looking forward to what all we talked about today to see how God solves all of our problems. This friend was a great friend to my mother and they were prayer warriors. It is an amazing blessing to listen to some of the things my mother used to pray about me and my future and to see how God is answering my mothers prayers even though she has been gone for almost 8 years.
Here in the south we have been praying for rain. It has been hot and dry.....very dry. Today we were blessed with almost 30 minutes of slow rain. I was in the middle of working on some teacher gifts for the first day of school when we recieved the storm. I LOVE working on crafty projects while it is raining outside. I love to sit at my dining room table and watch it rain while the trees gently blow in the background! It makes me so ready to be working on Christmas gifts this fall and winter. What I love even more than working on projects while it rains: I love watching God move. I spend so much of my time and wasted energy worrying about how He is going to bring about answers. I know He is working when I cannot see it. It is so nice to see when He does.
I hope everyone has a great and blessed weekend!!!

It's A New Day

It is a new day and there are so many things on my heart. I feel like God is about to move me out of some things. All I can do right now is pray and have faith. Having faith is something God has been ministering to me lately. All I can say is how great is God??? There are days in life that just flat out stink. We all have those days. But what gets us out of those days and into amazing days is the grace of God and the faith that we hold on to daily. How much of our relationship through Him is simply by faith? I recently read a book that dealt with a 3 year old child and God. The 3 year old was able to put so many of the daily struggles I have that often seem so cumbersome and overbearing into the most simple of terms. I need to remember to have the faith of a child and not put a worldly spin on everything. So much of the past 4 years I have spent my life looking around my corner to see what other people have thought about my life and my decisions. Because of this I have pushed so many people that I love away from me. I realized that I can only live my life for the decisions that are right for me and not what others have to think. No matter what my decisions are they are still going to love me and support me. I am so thankful for God's grace and his daily blessings. Each day brings new joys and new trials. Most of my trials have to do with patience. :)

Days like this.....

Some days honest to goodness just flat out stink! In the last week I have been told that all of my desires will not be coming true for a long time. I am heartbroken! The worst part is, I can't really talk to anyone about it because everybody has their own issues and I do not want to burden them with my problems. This happens all of the time. I honestly do not know why God has me alone on this planet, but He does. I wish my parents were still alive. They would comfort me no matter what is going on and I would not feel guilty for talking with them. Oh how I miss them so much. I miss them more and more all of the time. I now realize their value in my life and the skills they each possessed to "fix" whatever problem I had at hand. My father could fix anything with his hands. When something broke I just took it to daddy and he knew how to fix it. Any life problem I had, I knew my mother would be right there with me coaching me on and praying for me. I keep waiting for life to get better after their deaths. So far, it really hasn't. I miss them terribly. Whoever first said life is not fair was not telling a joke.

A New Life

It has been a while since I posted. Life has become crazy busy! This summer I:
-Moved to Buffalo
-Went to several workshops/trainings
-Worked in my classroom
-and students came back to school last Monday
It has been crazy trying to get everything set up and ready for THE BIG DAY, but everything has gone well! Some days I drive home from work and think about all the awesome things God has blessed me with! He is an amazing God that truly loves me! I could not ask for a better group of people to work around! God is just so good!!! Well...that is all for now! I hope everyone is having a great week!!!

Ps- pics will follow on the projects I worked on this summer (aka therapy lol).

Alone

Today is Father's Day. I can honestly say I had the best father in the world. He was a hard working man that believed that every would work out for the best when you turn things over to God.
My dad and I didn't really begin our relationship until after the death of my mother. For three years we were nearly best friends. I enjoyed our relationship and enjoyed learning about my father and what my mother put up with for nearly 30 years. I love that man dearly and miss his advice, help, stupid humor, his prayers, and most of all his long hugs that would make everything ok.
One thing nobody tells you after the death of your second parent is how bad the alone feeling can really feel. Daddy passed away 3 years ago this July and I feel more alone than I have in my entire life. Sure, I am somebody's friend and relative. I am towards the last end on their priority list. First comes their spouse, then their children, then other family members, then if I'm lucky, me. I love my friends and family like crazy, but I just don't think anyone understands right now. Everyone I know still has family in their household or still has their parents.
If you still have your parents, call them! Talk to your parents! Life is fragile and valuable! Express your love to them today!

And The Countdown Begins........

It is very early Sunday morning and I cannot sleep. I packed up my bedroom today and it just doesn't seem the same. I know it is probably weird but I do not like sleeping in a room with blank walls, a room that once had personality. Now the personality is in boxes :(. The good news is, the entire back half of my house is packed (well...minus my closet...but that will too be finished tomorrow)!!!! Monday I leave for training in Buffalo then back for a busy two weeks till I move! Yippee!
I really am starting to get excited about getting to Buffalo. I am excited about the new house, the new life, and the new job! I am so blessed! God is so good!!! I'm ready to have my house set up down there. I do not like living in a house full of boxes and nothing in its rightful place. My brain is buzzing with all the things I need to organize and get taken care of before I move. Hopefully, I can get most of this knocked off my list this week!
I hope everyone has a great week!

I GOT THE HOUSE!!!!!!

Yep! You got it! I got the house in Buffalo! Yippee!!!!! Next week I will know more about a move in date! :) Now I get to start on the million and one things that needs to get done to move. I have been packing a little along the way, but not aggressively attacking it like I need to. This changed today! Here is a tiny post-it of what I need to get done this week:
-pack (obviously)
-clean (company is coming next weekend and I will be in training next week)
-take both dogs to the vet for their shots and sugars doggy prozac for traveling (keep in mind I have to take one at a time. there goes two mornings :()
-cut down bedroom furniture boxes in the garage (this is a time consuming job. Only so much can go in my recycling can.)
-I get to have dinner with a sweet friend from church tomorrow!
-need to go shopping for a washer and dryer (both are dying and it would cost more to fix it than to get new....plus the dryer gets way too hot while it is drying. I am so scared it will catch the house on fire!)
-shop for a fridge (the house doesn't have one.....so any ideas on how to get good appliances at good prices let me know)
-shave mr freddie

I hope everyone has a great week!!!!!