I am taking a photography class. Here are some of the nature photos I took at Wakulla Springs.

Chloe is 8!

My precious daughter Chloe turns 8 today. She is a sweet blessing from God. A funny smart and truly wonderful girl with a soft heart and big blue eyes. I am so fortunate to be her mother. Chloe from the time you were born you have had my heart. I will always love you and you will always be my baby! I hope you have a super wonderful birthday and that you continue to grow and reach all your goals. Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

A Bad Morning.

There are many ways to beat a person up. Life seems to delight in beating you down on a regular basis. It seems we are all just keeping it together by single tenuous thread. Some days I wonder if someone is yanking that thread for all its worth. God please help me to hold on. You are the only hope I have. I want to do more than just barley keep my head above water. I want to not just survive but thrive. I have two people woefully dependent upon me making it. It is the single most simultaneously rewarding and terrifying thing. I can't fail. I must remind myself, if God is for who can be against me?

Thoughts for the Day

There is a song I sang when I was little, “This world is not my home, I am just a passing through.” It is truly amazing how quickly we forget this basic truth. We get sucked into the life’s many tasks and we get bogged down with the day to day burdens of our work and other responsibilities. The joy the Lord wants us to have, the joy that comes from abiding in Jesus, is often missing. When I start to feel this way, and discouragement is drawing me in, I have noticed that if you take 5-10 minutes and focus on God. Read a devotional, read the bible, pray or best of all sing a song of praise to the Lord and thank him for the blessings in your life then you will be amazed at how the cares of the world fade. Real joy comes from Jesus. The world tries to take it away. Don’t let it: Psalm 35:9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and delight in his salvation.

My Birthday

So, I am turning 30 tomorrow. An age were I thought my life would be figured out. I wanted to be settled in my life by 30, not waiting. still. Waiting to be with a wonderful man, who makes me happy. Waiting to really start my legal career. 30 feels so hard. It feels like my hope is slowly fading away. I know people think I am being ridiculous, and I am really trying not to feel this way. But honestly, I just not expect to be here at this time in my life.

Thoughts

So memory is a funny thing. It can be a wonderful blessing to have a good memory or it can be a curse. There are some things I would like to forget or at least not remember with startling clarity. Other memories I cherish. It seems a hard task to forgive others when you can remember the hurts so clearly. The bible says that love keeps no record of wrongs. In practice this is a very hard thing to do, except with our kids. I can forgive my kids faster than they can apologize. I am glad that God calls us his kids and forgives us. All in all, I am thankful that I have a good memory, there are too many good things and precious memories that I love to remember.

Wild Adventures

Wild Adventures was not so wild. LOL! I am pretty sure that we won't go back anytime soon, but I think that the girls had fun. I'm awful glad that the tickets were free becuase the place has really gone down hill. Here are few picks though. Maddie is very brave and was very excited to touch the bird!