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The time has come...

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:05:01 GMT

I would like the whole wide world to know...

I'M GETTING MARRRIED!!!!!!!!!

I can't hardly even believe it myself....

Monday, October 16, 2006

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:06:01 GMT

Well, well, well...
I never thought I would come back around to my dear xanga...
For those of you who thought I fell off the face of the earth, I haven't. I am sorry. VERY SORRY!!!!

This is whats new in my life:
1) Houston is one of the best places ever! WOW how I missed it.
2) Being around the fam has been so great!
3) New house: SPLENDID! I painted my room and let me just say.. its off the HOOK!!!!!!
4) I spent a lot of this summer simply resting. Worked at Express just for a couple of months. Let God truely teach me what the true meaning of contentment was. I'm glad I chose to learn the lesson.
5) Reconnecting with old friends... Good times.
6) Yes! I have a boyfriend!!!!! WOOOO HOOO!!!!! What a story...
7) I turned 21!!!!!!!!
8) I am now the "Intern Coordinator" at my church, and I am loving the journey that is taking me on. This is simply another season of life to spend learning. =)
9) I miss my dear Rockford friends... TERRIBLY!
10) Lor and Stef, I NEED YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

That is the short and sweet version. I will answer any further questions if curious ;) I promise to keep this thing updated. I have fallen short this summer, but I have now been knocked back to my senses!!!

Monday, July 03, 2006

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:31:00 GMT

I'M HOME!!!!!!

Well, I have actually been home for the last week, but it has been such a crazy week.
I unpacked.
Had friends come in town.
Layed out at the pool
Catching up with the family and many friends.
Needless to say.. It's been crazy.
I just got wireless in my house tonight!!!!
Now I will be a frequent updater.

Life is grand.
I can only wait and trust in expectation.

Monday, June 19, 2006

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:14:48 GMT

Hmmmm....

I leave in 3 days.
So many thoughts rushing through my head.
Learning how to say goodbye...
(I'm not very good at that.)
Finding God even when I can't see OR hear him...
Learning how to have faith like a child.
Falling in love all over again with his letter to me.
Excited to see my daddy!!!!!!
The ride homw will be inSANE...

Hope you are having an awesome day...
If not, just go outside...
The sun will make you happy. I promise!

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Sun, 28 May 2006 18:58:38 GMT

i love the summer.....

period.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Tue, 16 May 2006 18:24:15 GMT

Yea... I know...
It's WAY past time for me to update. I guess you could say I have been "slightly" busy and I now have to divide my time with myspace as well. :)

I have nothing to complain about whatsoever!!! I have been cherrishing these remaining weeks that I have living here in Rockford. I have exactly 5 weeks from this Friday left, and i am not quite sure my mind has wrapped itself totally around that yet. It is slowly.... daily... starting to hit me. In really random moments. ..

The one thing I am grateful for, is all the GLORIOUS memories I seem to "freakishly" be making in these last few days. I LOVE IT!!!!... Anything from getting in a car full of girls and taking someones bible hostage and having them find it in the local track port-a-potty, to locking my keys in my office at 12:45 @ night with my little brother, and not having a clue as to how to get them back...

Needless to say, I'm gonna miss this place... More so the people.....

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Wed, 03 May 2006 16:24:49 GMT

Hhmmmm.....
So much to say and so few words to say them in...
This song sums some of it up...

Sittin' in my room staring at the wall
Wonderin' about the meaning of it all
Why is it this thing called life
Has got me goin' crazy
So I open up your word and let it speak to me
The purpose and the plan that you've designed
Is clear to see, and I believe

I'M GONNA LIVE FOR TODAY
I'M GONNA FOLLOW IN YOUR WAY
I'M GONNA LET MY LITTLE LIGHT SHINE
LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW
I WON'T WORRY ABOUT THE PAST
I KNOW MY FUTURE IS INTACT
SO I'LL CHOOSE TO LIVE MY LIFE ONE WAY
I'M GONNA LIVE IT FOR TODAY

You told me not to worry
About what lies ahead
So I am gonna focus on today instead
Making every moment count and counting
Every single blessing
I'm gonna set my mind on the
Here and the Now
This is what I want my life to be about
And this is How...

Good.... eh?....

Now I will leave you with a few pictures....
Most are from my trip back to Indy and a few are just random ones from the last few weeks of my friends and "family." That one's for you bob.... ;)

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:05:42 GMT

Today is another BEAUTIFUL day....
I was walking up to the church this morning and I glanced at this tree right by the doors.
Now, I see this tree every single day when I come in for work, but for whatever reason, I "really" noticed it today. I have seen this tree in every season for the past 2 years. But today, I saw what season it was in. For so long it was bare and dark and looked so dead, but today I saw something....
Buds...
All over this tree. I have never seen something so full of life.
Just a sweet reminder that spring is here....

But you might wanna go enjoy it before it just "randomly" starts to SNOW again!!!!.....

Monday, April 17, 2006

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:49:09 GMT

Its official... I have a my space folks... Or an attempt of one. I am actually writing this on a "break" becuase for some reasons, the great computer god's have decided not to let me on right now. So mean while, i figured I would tell the wonderful would of xanga of my new interest... Don't worry though, I will not forget you xanga... You will just have to give me some grace. Xanga sure is easier to learn though. WAY TOO MANY choices on this other "space."

and YES... I am still listening to the Ausie's... I can't get em' out of my head!!!!!!!.....

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:53:59 GMT

Indianapolis, IN -
The place I have been in the last 96 hours.
Such a rush of emotions.
Happy, overjoyed, excitement, anticipation, physical pain, tiredness, confusion, peace, love, being intrigued, uncertainty, patience, surrender...

That last word says it all...
SURRENDER
The word that has and continues to resignate in my mind, heart and body as I walk through this thing called life. The beauty of laying down the very thing we want to hold so tightly to.
LIFE
I learned so much about that this weekend.
I went back to my hometown to see my pastor while he was on tour. Because Joel was coming to this wonderful state, my entire family flew up so that we could visit our old stomping ground. We drove past both houses that we lived at where memories began to flood my space as if a dam had just broken. We got to embrace people that we love so dearly. We sat in the chairs of the church I was raised in. Tears streamed down my face as i got to see this beautiful girl standing in front of me who was raised in the projects growing up. Part of my familys ministry while living there was in the inner city. She is grown up now and has a daughter. Going to church, graduated high school and now going to school. Her smile just the same. She proceeded to tell my mom and dad that one time we had brought her a present and me and my little sisters had colored her a picture. 12 years later, she still has it on her wall....

That is one of many stories that God did on this trip. Bringing back old friends into our lives again.
Reminding us where we came from and all that God has done in us as a family and most certainly as individuals, is REAL and ALIVE in each of us. Sometimes we forget what God has done. Where He has brought you from. Him reminding you of that is not always a bad thing. In my case, a very sweet thing. A heart of gratefulness welled up in me. Gratefulness for my life. My family. My friends both past, present and the ones to come. Joy for all my tomorrows. The favor God has upon my life. The amount of lives that God has so graciously allowed us to be a part of and in some way affect.

Who am I for God to do all of this?...

Needless to say, this was one of the most timely, restful and "god-speaking" trips I have ever been on. I am so proud to serve my God.....