Letting Go…

“…of all of the ones who hurt me, ’cause they never did deserve me…  Lord, can you imagine me?” 
I’m working on becoming more emotionally detached.  I say that because I tend to get myself all worked up over:
what others think and do/how they’ve wronged me/how I’ve wronged them/do they like me/did I screw up/why doesn’t [...]

Change is good…

Last week we went back to Washington for a visit.  It was supposed to be exciting, like nothing had changed, we would triumphantly return to our old hometown and be heroes!  Yeah…not so much.
So much has changed about our little town.  The first thing we did was drive by our old house – it’s different [...]

Homecoming Day

My husband and I have our own special holiday.  It’s been named “Homecoming Day”.  We celebrate it on the day after Mother’s Day.
Two years ago, on Mother’s Day, we went to church with our children.  We were separated but going to church as a family…in some way we felt it was the right thing for [...]

Cleaning up “My Space”

I built a new myspace playlist and it’s got the BEST songs!!!
Music is so healing…  And my playlist is so uplifting.  Old faves and a couple new ones. 
My playlist is:

I’m Not Who I Was – Brandon Heath
Love is Not A Fight – Warren Barfield
In Christ Alone – Brian Littrell
Knees to the Earth – Watermark
Shadowfeet – [...]

Room to Grow

I’m already calling it MY house – we actually close in a few weeks.  But anyway – we know it’s ours and we’re ready to make it ours.
Anyway – my point is…  This is the biggest house we have ever owned.  It’s also the most expensive.  It costs more than our first and second house [...]

Being Connected…

Today I realized that being the new kid in town can have it’s disadvantages….  I also realized how connected we were in Washington and….I miss it.
This house thing has been a pretty big deal for us.  When we got to the point where we were just overwhelmed with all the details I knew who I [...]

House Search

So…..we decided to look at existing homes in town. 
And we found one that is a real gem – hidden potential galore!  We knew what neighborhod we wanted to live in – established and close to schools.  Those were the two most important parts of the search.  The house can be updated and changed to suit our needs.  But [...]

The Love Dare

OK, so after seeing the awesome movie “Fireproof” I was really convinced that I wanted to do better in my marriage.  Me and my husband are doing a lot of work to be close. 
This move has been very instrumental in that.  We are new here and don’t have any real friends yet so we do [...]

Fireproof – Go See It!

Husband and I went to see “Fireproof” on Friday and it was a GREAT movie!  WOW, so nice to watch a movie with Christian values and a realllllly relevant topic – marriage.
If you don’t know, it’s a movie about a fireman, Caleb, who is in the beginning stages of a divorce.  Both he and his wife [...]

Grief…

I read an article in a magazine last night about a woman that had been through soooo much grief.  She lost two husbands – one to cancer and one to AIDS.  And her way of dealing with each death was amazing. 
She grew closer to her first husband; the one with cancer.  They didn’t have the [...]