Well My friends..It has been a long time... It has been a crazy Summer... This going back to work full time thing has been quite the adjustment to me...! Honestly I have worked more in the past two months than I hd worked in the past two years... I know... I know... all good things must come to an end...
Hmmmm.... where to start....?
Tyler, Amber and Lexie drove all the way from Fort Wayne Indiana to spend the week with us here ... They arrived first thing this morning after driving ALL night.... So nice to have almost everyone under one roof...
I have been doing alot of thinking lately about life, and how quickly things change. One day you are just living your life worrying about what kind of cereal to buy... and the next the whole rug gets pulled out from under your feet.... What can you do....Really....Stop Living? Curl up in the fetal position and pretend nothing ever happened...Or deal with it... Honestly... we really don't have a choice ....Do we? We must trudge on... No matter what roadblocks are put in our path. When you think about life.... this is the only one we have.... Is it worth dwelling on all the negative things or should we just push forward......Look around ... Bad things are happening all around us...To friends, to family...to complete strangers......cliche cliche... Someone always has it worse than you.
Mark is feeling better now about things... seems to be more positive and that for me, gives me the strength I need to get through this. I know now that he will find a job .... I am just praying that it is the right one for him.
Bring on the Rain as they say.....We are tough...Instead of running in to escape it... I feel we will just let it fall around us... soaking through our clothes and making puddles to splash our feet. Knowing that with the rain.... comes creation... a new beginning... a cleanliness that wasn't there before.....
Let the Rain pound down on us with all its fury..... For the rainbow that follows will be the most beautiful...The most colorful.... The most enjoyed.
My friends... if we never hurt , if we never struggle... we have never lived.
Our Pastor says...Embrace your Trials... Learn from them.
Whew..... I was never one for embracing hardship.... I kind of really hate confrontation. Before I was old and wise enough to understand our Lords grace I was the one who put the blame of my issues on someone else... Of course... there are things that happened to me, to most of us really that probably shouldn't have. But we cannot use that as an excuse for destroying the rest of your life.
Learning to forgive is something I struggle with daily... and I still have a real trust issue... But I have found that when I step out and let someone in... it is a million times better than not.
I have been so blessed in our move to Aledo with the amazing people I have met and who are now a part of my life...You all know who you are... I have to say that my heart is full of love for all of you.
Even though my life is crazy... and yours too.... know I am always thinking of you... Thank you for taking a chance on me... and for allowing me to be a part of your life.
God is at work in my life... and in yours... of this I am sure.

Took everyone to our fave restaurant this eve JOe T's... Everytime we have company.. which has been a lot lately we get to go there... I never tire of it... I think Amber was a little hot... need to get her used to this Texas Heat... But I always love going there... the atmosphere is great...the food amazing...If you have never been there... Please go...!

Finally started construction on our Ice Cream Coffee Shoppe this past week... It is a novel in itself to try to explain the issues of trying to build a food service building... Wow... But it is finally done and underway and I am putting faith in our Lord that it will be successful....

My Lord
Thank you for giving me children that love me
no matter what
Thank you for always being there for me
no matter what
Thank you for showing me the light
no matter what
Thank you for laughter, and tears
no matter what
Thank you for your grace
no matter what
Lord
You will always come first
no matter what.

Defining Moment... Lexi..." I am Nanas Baby"