A fresh start at blogging.
That is what I decided I need this afternoon while I was shopping with Mike's mom and sister-in-law, I thought about how much I missed writing on a daily basis. And how I wish that I had an outlet to write about the good things happening in my life instead of focusing, internally mostly, on the bad things that this year has brought to my front door. It inspired me to sign-in to this old blog, delete some ancient posts and start anew.
So here I am.
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What to write though?
It's true that this year has been not-so-great. Terrible really. But we have taken on each day and conquered it, and we have made it this far. We're moving forward, slowly but surely with a few stumbles along the way. As my dearest friend told me a few weeks ago, someday we'll look back on these hard days and laugh...we will remember them fondly as they are building character and helping us to better see Christ's hand in our lives. Hindsight is always 20/20, so keeping perspective is key.
I'm home this evening, tucked away - somewhat safely - behind a door with two padlocks and a bolt. Daisy is laying next to my leg, sleeping dreamlessly - which shows me that she is completely exhausted. I can hear my neighbor running the vacuum in the apartment next door - and I splurged and turned the heat on to give this place a shot of warmth.
I've been gone all day, and I am thankful to be home. Like I mentioned, I went Christmas shopping with Mike's mom and sister-in-law. My mother-in-law is a cute lady...it is evident in everything that she does that she has her sons and their wives best interest in heart. Kristi, Mike's sister-in-law (though I still say she is MY sister-in-law) and I instantly clicked some years ago when we first met. I'm blessed to have these two women in my life. While I had a nice time, I was not hitting on all cylinders....sometimes my fibromyalgia causes me some "fibro fog" which causes some difficulty when thinking and speaking. Hopefully this sudden bought of fibro fog is just that and not indicating that I will be in the middle of a fibro flare over the next few days.
While we were out and about, Beth mentioned something she wanted for Christmas, so I flipped open my phone to key in what she said into the notepad feature. There I found three messages that Mike left me last year on the notepad that I never saw. Reading through them, my stomach filled with butterflies and I couldn't help but giggle at his notes. Funny how we have been together for five years, but seeing that he wrote me instantly made me feel like I had a schoolgirl crush.
Throughout the day, I was getting updates from my parents who drove to Chicago to pick up a dog that they adopted from Small Paws Rescue. They love her to pieces....they sent pictures of her. After much deliberation, they named her Sophie - and from what I can see in the pictures - the name suits her very well. Mike and I will drive home tomorrow after church to finally meet this dog and to introduce her to Daisy. Hope all goes well with that!
Until next time. :)
That is what I decided I need this afternoon while I was shopping with Mike's mom and sister-in-law, I thought about how much I missed writing on a daily basis. And how I wish that I had an outlet to write about the good things happening in my life instead of focusing, internally mostly, on the bad things that this year has brought to my front door. It inspired me to sign-in to this old blog, delete some ancient posts and start anew.
So here I am.
...
What to write though?
It's true that this year has been not-so-great. Terrible really. But we have taken on each day and conquered it, and we have made it this far. We're moving forward, slowly but surely with a few stumbles along the way. As my dearest friend told me a few weeks ago, someday we'll look back on these hard days and laugh...we will remember them fondly as they are building character and helping us to better see Christ's hand in our lives. Hindsight is always 20/20, so keeping perspective is key.
I'm home this evening, tucked away - somewhat safely - behind a door with two padlocks and a bolt. Daisy is laying next to my leg, sleeping dreamlessly - which shows me that she is completely exhausted. I can hear my neighbor running the vacuum in the apartment next door - and I splurged and turned the heat on to give this place a shot of warmth.
I've been gone all day, and I am thankful to be home. Like I mentioned, I went Christmas shopping with Mike's mom and sister-in-law. My mother-in-law is a cute lady...it is evident in everything that she does that she has her sons and their wives best interest in heart. Kristi, Mike's sister-in-law (though I still say she is MY sister-in-law) and I instantly clicked some years ago when we first met. I'm blessed to have these two women in my life. While I had a nice time, I was not hitting on all cylinders....sometimes my fibromyalgia causes me some "fibro fog" which causes some difficulty when thinking and speaking. Hopefully this sudden bought of fibro fog is just that and not indicating that I will be in the middle of a fibro flare over the next few days.
While we were out and about, Beth mentioned something she wanted for Christmas, so I flipped open my phone to key in what she said into the notepad feature. There I found three messages that Mike left me last year on the notepad that I never saw. Reading through them, my stomach filled with butterflies and I couldn't help but giggle at his notes. Funny how we have been together for five years, but seeing that he wrote me instantly made me feel like I had a schoolgirl crush.
Throughout the day, I was getting updates from my parents who drove to Chicago to pick up a dog that they adopted from Small Paws Rescue. They love her to pieces....they sent pictures of her. After much deliberation, they named her Sophie - and from what I can see in the pictures - the name suits her very well. Mike and I will drive home tomorrow after church to finally meet this dog and to introduce her to Daisy. Hope all goes well with that!
Until next time. :)
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