It’s definitely time for me to sit down and have some quality time with the blog.
It isn’t like I haven’t been here the last few weeks, but I haven’t been here.
I guess life is just like that sometimes.
So…in 26, if-I-make-it-that-long, bullet points…here’s life.
Sorta.
And by the way, I wrote part of this on a Sunday…I think I reference that once or twice. 
- Andre is my dog…my nine year-old boy. I love him. He puts a smile on my face even when I don’t feel like smiling.
- Hearts that break are opportunities for God to do some major healing. That’s what I’ve been learning lately.
- I love to create. My brain is awesome at dreaming up ideas…the following through is hard. Ish. Really enjoying painting lately and almost ready to pull out the sewing machine and learn how to use it.
- I still want to learn to play the djembe. Really play it. Thinking about blowing the rest of my birthday money on one since it’s cheaper than a plane ticket to Africa so I can buy one in a market there.
- Epic moments have made up life lately. Nothing huge, just important. I feel like I’m finally comfortable with being who I am…and not caring (as much) what other people think. Took me awhile to even get to that point.
- F is for big failure. Feeling like that in a lot of ways. A friend said something today about Satan attacking ferociously on Sundays. I have to agree…feeling really down today.
- Good memories. Really trying to focus on the blessings that God has placed in my life. There are so many…and I’m thankful for each of them.
- Happiness is this picture I bought for myself a few weeks ago with some of my birthday money. I love it. I can’t think of a better thing to hang in our kitchen on our green wall.
- Ice cream cake. It’s worth turning a year older for…to be sure. A week and some later, we’re still working on it. Which could speak volumes about our self control…or the fact that I sorta forgot it was in the freezer!
- Goofy, but I love toast with jelly. So does Mae.
- Mae is still talking about chasing kitties on the farm. Golly, I love her…and that she had such a good time there.
- I am so thankful that I am loved. By friends, by my family, by my Father. So good.
- Mae lights up my life. Every single day. What a blessing she is.
- Thankful for a Father who never gives up on me, even on those days when I’m sure everyone else has.
- I’ve been overtired lately…too many late nights and too much early-morning running. Headed to bed soon, thankfully.
- Poofy pigtails on my princess of a girl. Her cutest look so far, I think.
- Been a week full of questions. I’m more convinced than ever that some things, there will be no answers for, until I can ask my Father face to face.
- Reunions with sweet friends…always fun. Always hard to say goodbye, too. Still worth the hello.
- I love my Sammy, too…I never thought we’d bring home an Indo souvenir like the one we’ve got living in our house. He’s one-of-a-kind.
- Sometimes you just gotta cry big, fat tears. Letting them fall helps. And letting my two year-old daughter hug them away teaches the beauty of compassion.
- Sometimes we just need people who love us unconditionally. Thankful for that this week.
- I was thinking of learning to play the violin. Just kidding.
- I found this bottle of wine a week or so ago. Seriously. I thought we had topped it with Barefoot wine, but this? Fantastic.
- X…seriously? Who can come up with anything related to it in daily life? I don’t play the xylophone and I haven’t broken any bones lately, so this one may just have to stay blank.
- Ever feel like life is a ride on a yoyo?
- We haven’t been to the zoo yet this summer. We talked about hitting the one in Omaha with some of my family later in August. We’ll see.
If you stuck around long enough to read all of this…thanks.
You’re a blessing, friends.
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