Life:)

"Life is hard
sometimes-
crazy, mixed-up,
messed up.
And there you are,
in the middle of it all,
just doing your thing...
being strong and
brave and
beautiful
like it's
no big deal.

But let me tell you, girl,
it is
Not everyone can do
what you do.
Not everyone can handle
things the way you can.
While you wonder sometimes
if you're doing ok...
the rest of us are just
watching in
WONDER.

I received this card a few weeks ago from a very special and dear cousin. I've had it hanging in my kitchen since then. I cried and cried when I read it. What a treasure it is to me now. I'm sure she wanted to bless me, to encourage me....I wonder if she knows just how much she did;)

Random Yumminess

There was a time I thought I knew something, I had it all figured out. Life will change that!

I wish for beautiful green grass instead of the "trees" growing in our yard.

In 3 months we have said goodbye to our 3 best friends and daddy.

My life feels like a top secret story at times, constantly guarding what I say and to whom I say it too. Thank you dear army;)

I'm more for caution than for throwing caution to the wind.

I think more of discernment and discreetness than for my life going on FB in constant status updates.

I used to work with special needs kiddos in middle school. I was drawn to them. Never did I imagine that we would have one of those precious angels ourselves.

Riley is in a "booooo" stage in her life. Everything she eats must be blue. Oh joy.

I can't believe I'm almost 30.

Homeschooling sucks right now. I think it's safe to say we're in a valley of sorts with it.

I have read 5 novels (300 pgs +) since the deployment began. I sit up all nights some nights reading.

My pet peeve: when parents bring themselves or the kids out and to church sick. Someone's cold is someone elses' nightmare, a trigger for worse to come.

I am terrified of cops...as in can't talk, the words won't come. I'm such a dork.

I'm totally ok with being removed from someone's FB friends list and even more ok with being blocked. I do not suffer a broken heart here.

That being said, I don't deal well with people quoting scriptures or putting a status up instead of just saying what you need to say to that someone. Grow up.

I am so in love with my husband:)

My best friend is someone whom I thank God for every...single...day.

I won't ever buy the book, "A Fish Out of Water" by Dr. Suess. Carson sits with me every single time we visit the train table and insists I read it to him. I adore this this time with him. If I buy it, he may not sit with me, asking me to read.

I operate by visions and dreams. This is how the Lord speaks to me most clearly.

I miss my life at the ocean but wouldn't trade my mountains for it all:)