Thursday, November 4, 2010

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

"We must develop the kind of mature love that says I know I need to change, and I want to change. In fact, I believe God is changing me daily, but in the meanwhile I will not reject what God accepts."
-Joyce Meyer

The world of acceptance is such a nice place...I'm so enjoying living here!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Wish I could take credit for writing this...

Dr. David Barton - on Obama:

Respect the Office? Yes.
Respect the Man in the Office? No, I am sorry to say.



I have noted that many elected officials, both Democrats and Republicans, called upon America to unite behind Obama.
Well, I want to make it clear to all who will listen that I AM NOT uniting behind Obama! I will respect the Office which he holds, and I will acknowledge his abilities as an orator and wordsmith and pray for him, BUT that is it. I have begun today to see what I can do to make sure that he is a one-term President!

Why am I doing this? It is because:


- I do not share Obama's vision or value system for America;
- I do not share his Abortion beliefs;
- I do not share his radical Marxist's concept of re-distributing wealth;
- I do not share his stated views on raising taxes on those who make $150,000+ (the ceiling has been changed three times since August);
- I do not share his view that America is Arrogant;
- I do not share his view that America is not a Christian Nation;
- I do not share his view that the military should be reduced by 25%;
- I do not share his view of amnesty and giving more to illegals than our American Citizens who need help;
- I do not share his views on homosexuality and his definition of marriage;
- I do not share his views that Radical Islam is our friend and Israel is our enemy who should give up any land;
- I do not share his spiritual beliefs (at least the ones he has made public);
- I do not share his beliefs on how to re-work the healthcare system in America ;
- I do not share his Strategic views of the Middle East ; and
- I certainly do not share his plan to sit down with terrorist regimes such as Iran ..



Bottom line: my America is vastly different from Obama's, and I have a higher obligation to my Country and my GOD to do what is Right! For eight (8) years, the Liberals in our Society, led by numerous entertainers who would have no platform and no real credibility but for their celebrity status, have attacked President Bush, his family, and his spiritual beliefs!

They have not moved toward the center in their beliefs and their philosophies, and they never came together nor compromised their personal beliefs for the betterment of our Country! They have portrayed my America as a land where everything is tolerated except being intolerant! They have been a vocal and irreverent minority for years! They have mocked and attacked the very core values so important to the founding and growth of our Country! They have made every effort to remove the name of GOD or Jesus Christ from our Society (even is his speeches)! They have challenged capital punishment, the right to bear firearms, and the most basic principles of our criminal code! They have attacked one of the most fundamental of all Freedoms, the right of free speech!

Unite behind Obama? Never! I am sure many of you who read this think that I am going overboard, but I refuse to retreat one more inch in favor of those whom I believe are the embodiment of Evil!


PRESIDENT BUSH made many mistakes during his Presidency, and I am not sure how history will judge him. However, I believe that he weighed his decisions in light of the long established Judeo-Christian principles of our Founding Fathers!!!

Majority rules in America, and I will honor the concept; however, I will fight with all of my power to be a voice in opposition to Obama and his "goals for America ." I am going to be a thorn in the side of those who, if left unchecked, will destroy our Country! Any more compromise is more defeat!



I pray that the results of this election will wake up many who have sat on the sidelines and allowed the Socialist-Marxist anti-GOD crowd to slowly change so much of what has been good in America!



"Error of Opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." - Thomas Jefferson

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

There's a hole in my sidewalk by Portia Nelson

Chapter One
I walk down the street
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in
I'm lost. . . I'm helpless
It isn't my fault
It takes me forever to find a way out

Chapter 2
I walk down the same street
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk
I pretend I don't see it
I fall in again
I can't believe I'm in the same place
But it isn't my fault
It still takes a long time to get out

Chapter 3
I walk down the same street
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk
I see it there
I still fall in. . . it's a habit
My eyes are open
I know where I am
It is my fault
I get out immediately

Chapter 4
I walk down the same street
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk
I walk around it

Chapter 5
I walk down another street

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Acceptence

Something amazing happens when you start being at peace with where and who you are. You start being at peace with where and who everyone else is too. It's extremely freeing.

Monday, October 4, 2010

I'm God's girl. Don't mess with me, my Father runs the world.

So, this video is alll over facebook right now and it took me forever to finally watch it. But when I did I felt this...I don't even know how to put it into words...this unbelivable stirring, this spark inside of me. This woman and her story that speaks to me in a thousand ways is something that I can't let myself forget.


Gianna Jessen from LMF CAM on Vimeo.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Without tenderness man is uninteresting.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Breathe

I miss her so bad today that I feel like I can hardly breathe. It's been 17 years and days like these are fewer and far between but they still show up. And I never expect them and still don't really know how to deal with them. I just keep reminding myself...breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out...

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Romans 8

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. New King James

For I am persuaded BEYOND DOUBT (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in ALL creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amplified Version

I am absolutely convinced that nothing- living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable- ABSOLUTELY NOTHING can get between us and God's love because the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us. God Is Calling His People. The Message

Lord, write these truth's on my heart today.

Monday, August 16, 2010

Doing what you know to do when it feels wrong...that's the key to growth.

Blessed is this LIFE!

Okay, so, it's been a while since I've rambled..on this blog at least. Been keeping my other one pretty full, that one has more followers anyway. I guess the truth that you feel free to speak when you know you're anonymous is quite interesting to strangers. But I think I'm done with that one. I almost deleted it today but I really think it deserves one more post. Just not sure when and how I'm going to end it. The thought of that excites me though...the possibilities that lie ahead.

Okay so the quirk thing...well, that obviously didn't work. I have decided that either 1) I am not quirky or 2) I am so quirky that I don't even see my quirks and therefore cannot list them. Hmmm...

So about a year ago I prayed a prayer that no sane human being should ever pray...I prayed for God to break me. I know, I know...crazy. And if in that moment I would have known what I was going to go through for Him to do that I never would have let those words slip over my lips. Or would I? Because as hard as it is to have to look at yourself and see you for who you really are, in this growth process that we call life it is completely necessary. Painful, but necessary. Embarrassing at times, but necessary. Humbling, but necessary. So the fire is...well, necessary. So I can't be sorry that I asked God to take His vessel and turn up the fire on her for the impurities to rise to the surface. He knew when I prayed that prayer what I was asking and what it was gonna take for me to really, honestly look in the mirror and see me for who I am...the bad and the good. Because see I think that I was living in a place that I couldn't see me AT ALL, not any of me...just sleep walking through life. And to take this life that God has given you and live it in a stupor is nothing short of a tragedy. So with all the craziness that my breaking and rebuilding process is taking I can honestly say today that I am alive. I am hopeful, pensive, excited, scared, unsure, sure, sad at times, silly, still a little crazy and... I. AM. ALIVE. And it is an amazing place to be.



How great is that song?!?!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

So maybe I will remember next time!!!

After great victory comes great attack!

However, all he is is a mouse with a microphone.

HA. HA. HA.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Quirks

  • I talk to myself, out loud, a lot. I will even go so far as to say out loud my part of a conversation with somebody that's not there. Maybe that's not quirky, maybe that's just crazy. Hmmmm?

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Friday, May 28, 2010

Quirky? Me?

So of my friends called me quirky the other day and kinda took me by surprise. I started thinking about whether that was true or not...which lead to me thinking about my quirks. Because of this over-analyzation of one word I have decided to start listing my quirks on this blog. Starting now and continuing whenever I think of new ones. I figure I'll give myself a month and then see if I feel like there are enough quirks listed to warrent the label of quirky.

  • I truly believe that it is possible and and also necessary in my life to "dance it out".
  • 1980's country music makes me happy.
  • I love to hold hands.
  • I can remember lyrics to songs frighteningly well
  • I honestly think that there may be two hours in a whole day when some part of my body isn't moving.
  • I am a hippy at heart and also a hard core conservative.
  • One of the things that make me the happiest in this world being able to tell someone how wonderful they are...it's my calling.
  • I LOVE...no really, this is serious...Neil Diamond.
  • Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is my favorite movie of all time.

Okay, that's all for now. Stay tuned.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Happy Mothers Day

Courtesy of Postsecret...

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Grace

God tells us to come boldly to His throne of grace, not because we are worthy, but because we are needy. Do not hesitate on the way for fear of rejection, or a stranger will meet you to convince you that you are unworthy to come. Run to Jesus' arms. Dawdling will bring defeat. Don't talk to strangers on the way Home.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

A mild description of my feelings right now...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Did I mention...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!?!?!?!

Okay I feel better.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

To learning...

I Walked a Mile with Pleasure

I walked a mile with Pleasure;
She chatted all the way;
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.

I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And ne’er a word said she;
But, oh! The things I learned from her,
When sorrow walked with me.

-Robert Browning Hamilton

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Ohh Ron...where are you when I need you?!

So we just passed a health care plan written by a committee whose chairman says he didn't understand it, passed by a Congress that exempts themselves from it, signed by a president who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese.... and financed by a country that's broke? CAN'T FAIL!

I'm gonna go ahead and let Ron say everything else...this video literally made me want to cry because I was so proud to be an American and want to become a National terrorist all at the same time. We must take action now.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Times they are a changin'

Wow..it's been a long time since I have actually written a blog. It's time. In election news...we didn't win :-( However, we did get 35% of the vote and for only having 53 days to campaign I don't think that that's bad at all. I talked to my dad right after he found out that he lost and asked him if he was okay and he said.."I'm fine baby, it's just sad for the kids." That statement right there is exactly why we need a man like him in office. His campaign manager is already telling him that he doesn't have a choice but to run again...I think he will.
In personal news, I am in a transition period in my life. I'm letting go of some things that I need to and some things that I have to and I gotta admit that it feels pretty scary. See, I like to 'figure things out'. I like to know exactly what's going to happen next and those of you who know my Jesus know that that is not the way He usually works. He just keeps asking me to trust Him and I'm trying...but trust isn't easy for me. I know that the key to this time in my life is to take every thought captive and to control my emotions but that seems like a full time job right now! I am moving forward every day and surprisingly I have a good amount of joy through it all. That is one of my favorite promises to us as Christians...joy despite our circumstances.
I'm still training for the 5k. Not doing as much as I should I feel like but am making progress none the less. I am loving the fact that I have actually started seeing some definition in my arms and legs...bathing suit season here I come!

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Just Saying

Just looked over my blog and am thinking I might need to change the name of it to 'Posting Youtube Videos'.

A Tribute....

because it deserves one.

Monday, March 1, 2010

72 eyelashes on your right eye.

This gets me every time....wow.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

He's got the whole world (and that includes me) in His hands

So I'm going through this period in my life where God is speaking to me about me A LOT! Some of it's good, some of it hurts but all of it is productive. One of the latest revelations I've had about me (that I tried to tell a friend about last night and got laughed at ;-) ) is that I'm a bad weather friend. Let me explain. There are some people that are fair weather friends...they are only committed to the friendship when things are good. Not me. I need to be needed. So when my friends are in drastic crisis...I'm their girl. I will be there for them at their beck and call. Which can be a good thing but only if it's kept in balance and see, balance has never been one of my strong points. I'm an extremist. Whatever I do whether good or bad I do to the extreme. So when said friend is in crisis I commit myself to the point where I don't have to deal with what's going on in my life because I'm so wrapped up in theirs. And that is not healthy! So I'm working on making some positive goals for MY life. Where do I want to see myself in 6 months? Not sure exactly how to answer that yet but I'm listening to the One who does. He's got this.

In other news it is 6 days until the election and I am freaking out a little bit! When Daddy ran for State Representative I wanted to win bad...but for kinda selfish reasons. I worked HARD on his campaign and well, he was my daddy. But this campaign is different. This one matters in ways that I don't think we can even fully realize yet. A very prominent lawyer in Houston sent out a memo supporting my dad and calling his election the second most important election in the state. This is why...



Right now the SBOE is stacked 8-7 with the liberals being the majority. When my dad wins (said in faith!) the tide will turn and the conservatives will be back in control. Just this morning Matthew D. Saber, the man that Huckabee is interviewing, came out in support of Daddy and that is a huge blessing. So, this election is not only important to my family and my children but to children all over our country. I shudder to think of the direction of education in America if Godless liberal people are in control. A young impressionable mind being filled with misinformation is a tragedy. I was taught when I was young that God has the whole world in his hands and that is where my peace comes. We are working hard and praying hard and the rest is in His hands.

www.randyrives.com

Monday, February 22, 2010

Teresa Crocker - October 23, 1951- Feburary 22, 1992

I think about her all the time, the one who deposited all this love and acceptance and hope in me. I think about her life what she meant to me and to so many others and I wonder. I wonder why she had such little time on this earth. I wonder what it would have been like to have her with me when I was giving birth to my own babies. I wonder how my life would have been different had she not gone home. I wonder what she would look like now. I wonder what she would think of the style of my hair. Most of all I wonder what I did to deserve her...even if it was only for 17 years. I miss you mom.

A tribute to all those still fighting...

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Striving towards...

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Booo!!!

Why do I feel like I am making huge strides in certain areas of my life but then in very important other areas I feel like things are going nowhere?! It is unbelievably frustrating. I know that one way or another this too shall pass, I just feel my patience getting so thin. When things get hard like they are now my first inclination is to run. I just want to go away. It's why I've lived in every major city in Texas...seriously people ALL of them: Dallas, Houston, Austin, Lubbock, El Paso. Before I met Jesus that's what I did..when things got too hard I just moved. Know what that taught me? Location changes nothing and going around your problems instead of through them accomplishes nothing. So as bad as I would like to be halfway to anywhere but here right now... here I am rambling on my blog. That in and of itself is growth. I just have to keep reminding myself that God is in control and He knows what's best for me. I actually had a pretty amazing revelation on Gods best yesterday. I realized that the way I see my future and what 'Gods best' is for me I can only see through very human eyes. The options that I see for my future are so limited. But my God has plans and options for me that I could not imagine in my wildest dreams. He goes way beyond the way beyond. So I have to stop looking at what I can see and start fixing my eyes on the one who sees me...the only one who can really see me.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Valentines Day!

Postsecret is one of my favorite things to do on Sundays. I love this video and the strange, wonderful, sad, crazy, absolutely heavenly thing called love.


Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Get me off this roller coaster!

What an emotionally trying couple of days it has been. Wow. I'm not even sure how to explain all the sorrow, anger, tears, relief, joy and laughter that I have experienced in the last week. What I do know how to do is see God in ALL of it. I remember a time when I realized, at least much more than I have been lately, that emotions are just that...emotions. And what I knew then and still know now is that they will lie to you. If you live your life being lead by how you "feel" about people, situations and decisions you are sure to live a roller coaster life of insanity. And I, for one, am exhausted of 'listening to my heart' because the bible says that it is deceitful above all else. I choose today to cast down all imaginations and take every thought captive under the heading of Christ. I gotta get my mind saved people! And man, it takes work and discipline to do that! (Two things I'm not very fond of...hahaha). But I know that He promises me that all things are working for my good and that brings my favorite emotion...PEACE!!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Jennifer

Sooo....I looked up my name today in Urban Dictionary and this is what it said:

A funny girl. Really smart, and usually doesn't act her age (whether it be acting older or younger). Jennifer's have amazing eyes, and love to laugh and smile. They generally enjoy the finer things in life. They have trouble showing their feelings, and take some time to warm up to new people. They don't trust easily, but that shouldn't stop you from trusting them, they are very trustworthy. They need someone who will listen to them and give their honest opinion. Jennifers are very blunt, and speak their minds often. When she's mad, stand clear she might blow her top. But she doesn't get mad easily so you don't really have to worry about that. They are caring and usually very sexy. They know how to flirt in a very subtle way that drives men crazy. They know how to get what they want. Jennifers are very good friends.


This made me laugh for a thousand different reasons. Thank you Urban Dictionary...I needed that today.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Snozberries? Who ever heard of a snozberry?

We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamer of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.


We, in the ages lying
In the buried past of earth,
Built Nineveh with our sighing,
And Babel itself with our mirth;
And o'erthrew them with prophesying
To the old of the new world's worth;
For each age is a dream that is dying,
Or one that is coming to birth.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Ahhh!

Well, here we go....

Friday, January 22, 2010

I'm on that campaign crack!

Alright, I have to be more consistent with this blog thing! I feel my 'feeling like a better person' thing slipping away. There is actually quite a bit going on right now. My dad has thrown his hat back in the political ring and I am beyond excited! State Board of Education...here we come! Working on a campaign is like crack to me...lol...I love it! We are officially announcing Monday morning and then it's gonna get crazy until March. And I figure if Scott Brown can win Ted Kennedy's seat with a pick-up we can win our election after only knowing we were going to run 60 days before the primary. With the help of my wonderful mother-in-law we have got half the world praying for him already. Prayer is the stone that will knock down the current incumbent Goliath so I am optimistic.
And speaking of Goliath...Tamara and I have decided to train for a 5k in Dallas on April 10. I'm pretty sure that after all we have been through, this decision is the one that officially makes us crazy. She would probably disagree. Anyway, we are going to train 6 days a week and quit smoking. My flesh is not happy about any of that but I know when I get on the other side of it I will feel (and look!) so much better. It will be good for me to have a goal and be active.
I am so enjoying my boys right now. Kaden is 5 and Kohl is two and it blows my mind how different they are. Kaden is musical and deep and inquisitive. Kohl is outgoing, cuddly and so, so funny. It is one of the great joys of my life to be able to be with them every day. I pray that God will give me the desire of my heart... to raise uncompromising Godly men in a world of compromise. I have to trust in the fact that where I am weak He is strong.
Personally, I have had a very interesting 7 days. I have learned a lot which I'll talk more about later but it basically boils down to this: you can't go back. You can't go back to people, situations, and activities that God has told you will never satisfy you. He is a jealous God and He will not share you. So I'm throwing up the white flag in certain areas of my life and surrendering to Him. I know the call on my life and I know where peace is and I want everything that my destiny entails. Obedience and balance are the keys...

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Ohhh, so this is who I am...I remember now!

I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I am the head and not the tail, above all and not beneath. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I am more than a conqueror. I am a new creation in Christ. My name is tattooed on the palm of Gods hand. He cares enough to count every hair on my head and keep all my tears in a bottle. I am free because whom the son sets free is free indeed. There is therefore now no condemnation for me. My Heavenly Father loves me with a pure and perfect love and nothing can separate me from that love. I am a daughter of the King, royalty....a princess. I have the spirit of power, love and self control. Sin has no power over me. I am never alone because my God will never leave me or forsake me. I am fully accepted just the way I am by the only one who matters. I am a woman of God...established by Christ, anointed by his Spirit and sealed by the King and if He is for me, who can be against me?

Holy Spirit, write these truths on my heart today in every circumstance.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Pink Ribbon

I am missing my mom like crazy today.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

And scene...

My life has been crazy, crazy busy since Thanksgiving. Lubbock, Thanksgiving, Beth Moore conference, Lubbock again, skiing, Christmas in El Paso, Christmas in Odessa, New Years. And in the midst of all of that, being a mom and lots of time with my friends. And today I just feel like it all screeched to a startling stop, and I have a little whiplash from it. I am a person who needs or maybe just likes something to look forward to. And that's what I can't figure out...is the want to have something to look forward to, something that makes me excited, is that a need that God wants me to get rid of or is it how he made me? I've asked him for clarification on this issue and I'm sure He will reveal it to me...just probably not in the timing that I think He should.
On another front, I have been thinking for a while that I have forgotten who I am. Which got me to wondering if I ever really knew and that I have to admit...threw me into a little bit of an anxiety attack. And then in a weird twist of fate I found a note that I wrote on facebook almost a year ago...25 things about me..this is what I wrote:

1. I know this man named Jesus and He changed my life...I hope you know Him too.
2. I have had the same best friend since I was 5. She continually enriches my life. Love you Moca!
3. I love politics. My dad ran for State Representative and I helped run his campaign...he didn't win but we sure had fun.
4. I have lots of family from every unconventional way you can think of...4 brothers, 2 sisters, 2-brother-in-law, 4 sister-in-laws, 4 nieces, 3 nephews, moms, dads...the list could go on. I love my family...there is no greater blessing.
5. I have 2 boys that continually amaze me...Kaden,4 and Kohl, 18 months. I was trying to explain the Holy Spirit to Kaden yesterday and after a really bad explanation on my part he said..."So the Holy Ghost gives you Jesus power?" Wow..I should write that down...couldn't have said it any better.
6. That leads me to number 6. I believe that being a Mom is one of the most important jobs in the world. The fact that God trusted me with these children is a responsibility that I don't take lightly.
7. Wow I really can't believe I am saying this one...this is something I usually have to sit someone down and swear them to secrecy before I admit...but here goes - I love Neil Diamond..not just like, love. Cracklin' Rosie get on board.....okay, lets move on.
8. On that note (pun intended)...I love music. All music. I am pretty sure that the IPOD came straight from heaven. God cares about these things.
9. I love books. People who can write something that inspires, educates or really entertains, amaze me.
10. I am super analytical. I love to look at a situation and "figure it out". It is a blessing and a curse..just ask my husband.
11. I absolutely love people. They energize me. Not to be repetitive, but this too is a blessing and a curse.
12. My husband is a DJ. I have turntables in my living room right now..and surprisingly that is okay with me.
13. I was Bohemian when Bohemian wasn't cool.
14. I am an oil man's daughter. A field full of pump jacks is a beautiful sight to me.
15. I have lived in just about every major city in Texas...and then settled back in Odessa...it really is a big magnet.
16. I love football. When I was about 10 my family started spending every Thanksgiving at Texas Stadium..fun times! Go Cowboys!
17. My mom passed away of breast cancer when I was 16...I still miss her every day.
18. I was on the debate team in high school..I know it sounds dorky but I loved it. I think communication is an amazing skill.
19. My favorite restaurant is P. F. Changs. If you haven't had their lettuce wraps you haven't really lived.
20. I love chocolate. Today I found out that a Christian man invented Hershey's which just confirmed what I already knew...chocolate came from God.
21. Looking back at my list - I really like to use the three dots...
22. My first car was a Nissan Pulsar. I called it my Tonka Toy - it was really small.
23. It is exciting to think that we are really just starting to live out what God has called my family to do. I can't wait to see where He takes us.
24. I want to travel. There are so many places that I want to see.
25. I would love to adopt a child. I don't know if God has it in my future but I am definitely willing.

I read this list and most of my anxiety left because as much that has changed since then the above 25 things are still true. So I know those things today and for today that is enough. There truly is smoke in front of my mirror but I feel like it is starting to blow away...very slowly but at least it's forward progress.
Finally, I fear that this blog may become an obsession to me...it makes me lighter to write things down, maybe that's why God's been telling me to do it. And Tamara...I'm buying you cocktail napkins for your birthday.

Here I go...

Okay, so I don't really believe in New Years resolutions. I figure that anything I can resolve to do on January 1st I should have or could have resolved to do on December 5th. But this year I am feeling a need for a new beginning. So I made some decisions...I'm not calling them resolutions, I'm calling them commitments.
I feel like God has been telling me for a while now to start writing things down. To keep a record of my emotions, revelations, joys, sorrows and things that just make me think. I originally didn't think that a blog was the best place to do that but after spending some time in prayer on the notorious, change your life, become a better person day (Janurary 1st) I felt like that is what He was leading me to do.
So I don't know where this is going to go and I don't know if anyone will read it but me...and that's totally fine. But here I go...
First commitment, start blogging...check. I feel like a better person already...