Fall Fun

Post Family Farm - Fabulous! Ella didn't stop talking the entire time. There was a goat high on a platform. So she started out with the goats "up high in the sky". Then the horses, cows, sheep, and chickens. The chickens smell like "dirty diapers". Then she rode in a orange barrel train pulled behind a tractor. Ella said she "drove the pumpkin train". And who could miss the "hayride to the pumpkin patch" which she repeated over and over. Too cute!

Realities of life

Tuesday October 6, 2009. A judge declared me legally single. There are emotions that words simply can not describe. But nowhere in those pieces of paper with black ink does it say anything about my values, my morals, and my faith. A document exists that may outline some rules for my life. But after my last days on earth, that document will no longer matter. However, my eternal life will. I will strive to live everyday for Him, who gives me strength to go through this terrible situation, and also gives me joys and happiness and blessings. I will work harder to live my values and my faith. To do my best to teach them to my daughter. And most importantly to allow HIM to guide me in my life each and every day. There is the verse - for I know the plans I have for you... but my favorite verse still remains 1 Corinth 13:13 "these three remain; faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

30th B-day!

Life can bring us the highest of highs and lowest of lows. But it's how you live that shows your true character. It was my 30th birthday this weekend. There were moments where I approached the day defeated. Counting my losses instead of my blessings. But after taking one moment at a time, there is no reason to count my losses when I have the most amazing blessings that a person could have. After an invigorating 5K in the rain Saturday morning, a good friend spent the afternoon with me. There was good conversation, support and just her presence showed me that I have a true friend! Then off to dinner with my sister, which turned out to be my friends as well. A complete and amazing surprise!! It was great to have some wine and drinks, good food, excellent conversations, and more smiles and laughs than I truly deserve. Thank you to all of you! Sunday also provided a day of family, and more surprise friends. Words can not express how special, loved and supported I feel by my family and my friends. These people in my life are real, genuine reflections of God's love. I may not have a photograph to capture the day, but I can say that my 30th birthday certainly left a mark!! :)