From heart to keyboard

This pretty much sums it up. :) The Lovely Life: "We'll always be friends, right?" : Jenny & Sarah   Who can say that they have had the same best friend for 23 years?  Me!  That's who.  Seriously, from 5 to 18 years o...

I've been "blog-blocked" for quite some time. Waiting for that inspirational moment coupled with the time to actually publish my feelings & thoughts. Needless to say, that scenario hasn't taken place since February. Tonight, those odds seem to be "ever in my favor".  The last few days have been what I like to call a "kaleidoscope of emotions". You remember those fascinating tubes that on the outside looked like nothing more than a decorated, closed up, paper towel tube, but on the inside you saw a cosmo of colors & shapes? Here....let me paint the picture of my personal kaleidoscope. Monday "Blurry pieces":   I was sitting on a couch inside a cabin where I was still riding the high of preaching for the first time ever during a Sunday morning service at my church. What an honor it is to serve in the house of God! Inside the room was our brand new class of CityInterns and a few Pastors. We were there on a retreat that kick

There are some days (like this afternoon) where I go out and literally FACE the world without any or very minimal makeup up my face. And all the women scream, "WHAT!?!?!?! WHY WOULD YOU SET YOURSELF UP FOR PUBLIC HUMILIATION LIKE THAT?!?!?!?" haha ok, so thats a bit extreme. But, sometimes I need to do a "security check" and make sure that I am not putting my self worth in the makeup that I wash off of my face every night, but in the God that created me....just the way I am. Its a fun examination. Ladies I challenge you to add this to the list. You might be surprised at how much identity you have allowed yourself to find in the makeup pallet OR there is that chance you will be pleasantly surprised at the compliments you receive when you think you look your "worst". The best makeup you can wear....is a smile. :D

It's dark and rainy outside, late November and the outside thermostat reads somewhere around 70 degrees. Somehow none of these elements seem to fit together to create a "typical November" and its definitely not the ingredients you stir up for "Holiday cheer". Or is it? We become so dependent on how things typically look or play out that we abandon the opportunity for surprise. So, what its warm and rainy and Thanksgiving is 2 days away. Yah, I like it to be a bit cooler during the holidays. I mean your supposed to be wearing a hoodie and cozying up by the fire with the ones you cherish the most during the holidays right? But, on the other hand because the weather has been a bit fickle this year (we are in GA folks) we have had more opportunity to admire the changing of the leaves before they get frost bite and just fall to their death. :) In my life the past few months I have looked around at things and posed a plethora of questions to the One who has all the

***I am writing this at 3am. I am sure there are a plethora of run on sentences and grammatical errors...sue me*** When I was growing up, I used to love to rearrange my room. I started this process at a very young age (like elementary school). It wasn't just the furniture that I would change up either; I would rearrange the photos, the endless posters of Jonathan Taylor Thomas and every other BOP, Teen Bop and Tiger Beat heart throb of the late 90's that was taped onto my walls. :) I seriously, probably kept Scotch tape in business back then. :) *You're welcome Scotch*. This rearranging would happen quite often, were talking every couple months, but no less than 2 times a year. Me and my childhood best friend Sarah (who happens to have a great blog "The Lovely Life"....you should follow) would help give each others room their regular "face lifts". The need for new and exciting is a part of my personality. I get bored easy when I see the same thing day