This is Our Life

We are officially coming up to "love month".  So many of us think...oh here we go again...another reason to blow bunch of money on some commercial holiday(I personally don't think this, but have heard a lot of people say this before!) I am a hopeless romantic.  I've watched nearly every Hallmark movie I can get my hands on, and although they are so predictable I cry after watching nearly all of them.  But you know what, that is one of the qualities I genuinely like about myself.  I love that I get moved to tears when people fall in love, and I love that small or large acts of service make me feel all warm and fuzzy.  We hear the words "be mine" around this time of year.  We know what this popular question means....but let's for just one minute stop to think about what else it could mean. Be my.... confidant friend listener companion caretaker mouth piece smile It doesn't matter how put together others may lo

Happy Monday! Hope you all are well.  I have to say that I am excited for this new year?  Why you ask?  Because for once in my life I'm actually looking forward to making positive changes.  I actually feel some hope in improving who I am as a human.  Sound cheesy?  Probably...but it's all good.  I'm down with being a cheesy person(wink wink Chrissy hehe :).   Honestly I have been a really negative person last year and years past.  I work on trying to not be, but honestly I don't really work hard enough.  I have basically walked away, or have not taken seriously, some of the things that have always been important to me...like music, church, scripture reading, service...to name a few.  A week and a half ago  I felt so disconnected from myself I just wanted to break down and well let's face it...break down!  I felt so hopeless and discouraged.  It wasn't just one thing that made me feel this way, it was a combination of EVERYTHING! I have allowed life t