Blogging Blogginess :)

So I've been inspired by a few of my friends to start my own blog! I'm the mother of an amazing kid... Really she's pretty fantastic! It's interesting to me how such a small person can irritate you SO much! I mean really! But then to see her get riled up makes me laugh! Not in a mean way... In a funny one because it reminds me SO much of ME! The older she's gotten and the more she has to say it reminds me more and more to be careful with my words... She's an honest kid I'm glad to say... but sometimes it really makes me laugh how honest she really is. Yesterday I was reading her a book that had a picture of a woman in it. She was really depicted to be not a very good looking lady and Bella kept saying "She's UGLY momma!" Finally I had to look at her and say "Honey, ugly is a mean word and we don't use mean words. That would hurt someone. Instead of saying that someone is ugly lets say that they are different." She thinks about it for a second and says "Okay mommy, we'll say that she is different." I was very proud of her at that moment. She really is a sweet girl and doesn't wanna hurt anyone's feelings. Fast forward to this afternoon we were talking about something with my mom and I asked Bella (completely forgetting what I had told her last night) "Bella do you think mommy is ugly?" She just looks at me and say very solemnly "No mommy I just think your different."

Being a parent is a joy for me, sometimes a trial but over all a complete joy. I'm also a worship leader at my church. That is my calling. I love doing it! I'm very 'new' at it, not the singing part haha but the 'leading' part. It's so funny how I can stand up there and lead hundreds of people into a thicker more intimate presence with God but when it comes to leading a group of people I get so tongue tied! That is something God is working in me on though and I am grateful for the change. I like to look at it as a new adventure for me! I found out some people wont want to join in on this new adventure but you know what that's okay. They have opinions of their own and they are entitled to them but here the bottom line. God will provide for me what I need and it is my job to build that up and make it into everything I can and allow God to finish it off!

My life is crazy and full and honestly that's the way I love it. This fall I'll start school for what, I have no idea yet... I'm hoping to get my generals done so that by the time I DO figure out what I want to do I can just jump in! So we'll see how this goes! So for how this is it :) I'm a blessed woman praising a wonderful God and praying to be blessed some more only to continually give it back again!