Welcome 2018

What better day to write another blog post?  Why is it that this one day of the year we set out to dismiss the past and start anew?  Making promises to ourselves that we may or may not be able to keep.  Every single day is a chance to redirect our path and try to improve our quality of life.  Rather it be our health, our finances, or our relationships. I keep a "to-do" list each year that I add to and check off items as I complete them.  It's always encouraging to see what you've accomplish at the end of the year.  Even though it oftentimes seems like we're spinning our wheels.  Don't procrastinate! Take baby steps and don't give up!  We only learn from our "failures".  When everything seems perfect we become complacent.  I say it at least one time per day  to someone and sometimes that someone is me ;-) Keep moving forward! Don't try to make the perfect life.  Make a life that's perfectly imperfect and enjoy the ride!

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You are my person...

Today is National Boyfriend Day!  I know...everyone thinks theirs is the best, but that cannot possibly be ;-) ... We get a chuckle when we refer to each other as "boyfriend" or "girlfriend".  We've been together so long and have been through so much that our souls are intertwined and we have become one.  I love this man so incredibly much it's hard to believe our love continues to grow stronger every day ;-)

Let it go...

This one has always baffled me, but the more we learn about mental illness we find explanations to behavioral issues such as hostility.  It's not normal to constantly be an aggressor or to hold a never ending anger towards someone.  If you've ever encountered such a person you'd know that it takes a huge amount of constraint, but if it goes on over an extended period of time it comes to a point where it becomes pitiful.  Eventually these types of people isolate themselves and lose everything for the "cause" that was self-manifested.  Diagnosing what you're dealing with and healing are the keys to recovery and getting your life back.

Hurry up and wait...

Do you ever feel like you're spinning your wheels?  You're moving a mile a minute, but getting nowhere?  Are you moving at a snails pace?  There are times God has us in a holding pattern.  You start to feel like you're not making any ground.  Then out of nowhere there's a breakthrough.  Things rapidly start to fall into place.  God allows us to coast while He's moving other "mountains".  If we didn't have stagnant periods in life we'd muck it all up ;-)   Trust that He knows what He's doing and keep moving forward!

My Person...

Love never fails.  In good times and bad times.  It is the glue that holds it together.  It's what makes life worthwhile.

Good Morning...

Sun is shining...Windows open...Crisp clean air.  My crow is making his presence known again this morning.  Enjoying homemade apple butter from mom and a cup o' joe.  Soccer starts today...Life is good ;-)

Welcome to the world...

Baby girl...