monday monday little happy happy

grateful that GOD is with us...

i have been reflecting during this Advent season on Emmanuel::GOD with us...

if we really consider the implications of that...all the power of GOD is with us...

i read somewhere that someone said we are far too satisfied seeking the shadows and not the object...meaning...we seek the things GOD can give us and not GOD himself...and i've been thinking how futile chasing shadows can be...they are flighty...they move and change with the light, with the seasons and even as the object casting them changes...

isn't that true of anything we could seek above GOD...all blessings we could think to ask for or desire are changeable and changing...they may be good and we may need them and want them and even get them...but if we are seeking them above the GOD who gives them, we will never be satisfied...we will always be chasing...

so this Advent season, i am hoping to seek more of the GOD who is with us and not the shadows...

dont give up

read this blog a moment ago...it was encouraging to me...

http://blog.compassion.com/waiting-in-faith-god-hasn%E2%80%99t-given-up-on-you/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tweet


Habakkuk 2

1 I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.[a]
The LORD’s Answer 2 Then the LORD replied:
“Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald[b] may run with it. 3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it[c] will certainly come and will not delay.

::lighthouses::

(image from pinterest.com)

i saw this image as i was browsing through the pinterest site...

i started thinking about how we all need people in our lives who are lighthouses...the beacons that remain steady, even as we are setting sail for the greatest of adventures...they shine their light and guide us home...protect us from danger...give us hope...

no matter how strong we are (and we are made of some stern stuff, you and i)...we need someitmes to rest in another's strength...we need the steadying hand of a friend...we need to be reminded that we can make it...when we are about to give up, to have someone who will hold the light and shout to us "you're almost there...keep trying...you can make it!"

do you have a friend like that in your life? be grateful. if not, be on the lookout for one. are you that for someone...if not...turn on your light and get to shining...

sunday's little happy

grateful for lazy days...for the chance to bake some goodies...for a GOD who is up to something GOOD! :-)

thankful today for::

grateful for friends who check on me and care what's happening in my life...not the ones who call or contact cause they want something...the ones who just need to make sure my life is good...who just want to connect...

grateful for a decisive win over auburn...for trent richardson having a stellar game, as it improves his heisman bid and out bid for a rematch for the national title...

grateful for skype and the ability to talk to someone and see their face...that's a pretty cool thing...

"oh well's"

i read today "better to have a life of 'oh well's' than a life of 'what if's"...

and as much heartache as i have experienced by taking chances on life...on opportunities...on people...i have to say, i'd rather have taken the chances than look back wonder what might have been if i had been willing to risk something...

we run scared, us humans...scared to happy as much as sad...and i think we're more scared of success than failure, to be honest...and that fear disguises itself as logic, as reason, as practicality...it tells us that we are being smart not to take the risks...that we are better off safe...

but are we?

at what cost?

we could be missing out on the most amazing thing to ever come into our life and the only thing keeping us from it is our refusal to take a chance...to try...our fear...

i don't know about you, but i'll side with the risk-taking dreamer every time...the odds are historically in their favor...and i believe GOD is on their side...

so what the storm is raging...so what you can't swim, you're afraid you'll drown...so what it's the craziest thing to step out of a boat into a tempestuous sea...peter did it and walked on water...i think i'd like to do a little walking, too...

that name

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuuLBPOYcI8


Your Great Name::Natalie Grant

[Verse 1:]Lost are saved; find their way; at the sound of Your great name All condemned; feel no shame, at the sound of Your great name Every fear; has no place; at the sound of Your great name The enemy; he has to leave; at the sound of Your great name [Chorus:]Jesus, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain for us, Son of God and Man You are high and lifted up; and all the world will praise Your great name [Verse 2:]All the weak; find their strength; at the sound of Your great name Hungry souls; receive grace; at the sound of Your great name The fatherless; they find their rest; at the sound of Your great name Sick are healed; and the dead are raised; at the sound of Your great name [Chorus:]Jesus, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain for us, Son of God and Man You are high and lifted up; and all the world will praise Your great name [Bridge:]Redeemer, My Healer, Lord Almighty My savior, Defender, You are My King [Chorus:]Jesus, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain for us, Son of God and Man You are high and lifted up; and all the world will praise Your great name


very powerful lyrics...really good song...i think about all the things you or i may be facing and there is one answer::jesus...and that name...that name has power...i think back to when i was little and my dad taught me the song "there's just something about that name" and we would sing it whenever i was scared or worried...when i had my accident at 16 yrs old...it was the song i sang as i lay on the side of the road...and as i was being taken back for the cat-scan and for surgery...the name of jesus is healing...it is powerful...it is life-changing...

i speak it over your life and over my life and over every situation we are facing...that precious name...above all others...against which no one and nothing can stand...the final word in every problem and plan...

jesus...jesus...jesus

black friday thanks

grateful for a lovely day...went to the Christmas tree farm with my whole family...had fun...found great trees...had lunch with my bro, sis-n-law and one of my nephews...fun afternoon...yummy dinner...movie nite...just a lovely day

thankful::catching up

i think i missed yesterday::thankful to still have my grandmother with us and to have so many wonderful memories of times spent with her

today's little happy::thankful again for the time i got to spend thanksgiving in nyc and all the amazing memories from that...thankful to get to watch the parade on tv...thankful for yummy food...thankful that God is at work

perspective on conflict

read this here:: http://churchconstructionblog.com/2011/06/15/2-things-i-love-about-conflict/

thought there were some good points...love the different perspective...i tend to be a peacemaker...or maybe that would be better termed a peace seeker...i long for peace in my core relationships...if there is not peace...if things aren't right...it makes me feel that my whole life is off-kilter...i realize there is a balance to be found, as either extreme can cause chaos and confusion...meltdown and disfunction...

anyway...some good thoughts below...chew on this a bit while you settle down from the feasting of the day...

Proverbs 17:9

“Overlook an offense and bond a friendship; fasten on to a slight and-good-bye, friend!” Message

I’ve always gravitated toward conflict. I’m not saying it brings alot of peace to my life, I just gravitate toward it. As I’m entering a new decade of my life I’ve been pondering truths about myself. The way I handle conflict is one of them.

There are two things that draw me toward challenging people situations. Problem solving and relationships.

• Problem Solving – I love to figure things out, to know how stuff works. It’s a gift God gave me that sometimes keeps me from sleeping at night because there is no “off” button. But I love finding solutions.
• Relationships – I’m finding some of my closest relationships have been tested by fire. The wisest counsel I get TODAY is from the people I’ve experienced the greatest conflict with in THE PAST.

Andy Stanley says “there is often a gap between expectations and reality. You can choose to fill it with trust or suspicion.” My calling is raught with conflict. The nature of the work I do consulting on church construction projects constantly requires the setting and re-setting of expectations. I’m finding the best perspective comes when I see conflict as an opportunity to take a relationship to a deep level. Conflict has the potential to destroy relationship, or conflict can bring us into an enviornment of grace where we work with, for , and on each other.

What conflict can you leverage right now?

yesterday's missed little happy

grateful for interactions with my nephews...sweet boys...good times

little happy::nov 21

choosing to be grateful that God is on the throne and he is in control...

a season of insanity::the collective sigh

it seems so many people are enduring a season of insanity...by that, i mean, things going badly in seemingly random and sudden ways...people trying to follow their path and meeting roadblocks...even people having relationships just suddenly change when the other person flakes out or gets angry or leaves, for no known or understandable reason...

i feel the collective sigh of a weary world...the past two days almost everyone i encountered had a story of some woe...it's not that i was around a bunch of whiners...these were genuine troubles from confused and hurting people...

a family with one angry child now claiming to be an atheist and trying to get their young siblings swayed to their worldview...a child having a very tough time adjusting in school and getting in trouble all the time and failing in their classes, but so obviously hurting and in need of help...

a woman who burst into tears as she hugged me and told me she had been and was in the darkest period of her life...that she didn't want to leave the house or see anyone...i cried right along with her...her pain was so palpable...i knew a little of what that feels like...longing for relief from the dark night of the soul...

everything being shaken...

everyone...everything longing for relief...for hope...for answers...for help...

and so we say with the psalmist, "i will lift up mine eyes unto the hills...from whence cometh my help? my help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth." ... "give us help, oh God, for vain is the help of men."

Papa...please bless these hurting people...this suffering world. Grant us peace. Give us deliverence. If you will not work on our behalf, there is no hope. So, please look down in mercy and bring breakthroughs in these situations...bring relief. Take this suffering from us all and give us JOY. Amen.

so today...

well...today has been a challenge...i didn't really sleep at all last night, so i started my day exhausted and with a fog kinda hanging over my head and a heaviness hovering around my heart...some of the fears and discouragements i've been battling lately were looming large...

funny how they cast such a long shadow...full of evil foreboding...but i am reminded that they are only the shadows of things...and shadows themselves, when we cannot actually see the object from which they are being projected, can take on ghastly forms very unlike their actual sources...put simply...we can believe that what we are seeing is truly awful, when in fact, it isn't that bad...but whatever the case, we are promised that though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we can fear no evil for God is with us...and he makes a feast for us in the very presence of our enemies...now that's quite a scene to set...people intending us harm (enemies) all around us and God's throwing a party...

so today, i am choosing gratefulness...choosing to believe that God's promises are true and that he will not...he cannot fail me...and that all things are coming together for good...my breakthrough is coming...

PSALM 4

1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer. 2 How long, O you sons of men, Will you turn my glory to shame? How long will you love worthlessness And seek falsehood? Selah 3 But know that the LORD has set apart[a] for Himself him who is godly; The LORD will hear when I call to Him. 4 Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in the LORD. 6 There are many who say, “Who will show us any good?” LORD, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us. 7 You have put gladness in my heart, More than in the season that their grain and wine increased. 8 I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

today::

grateful for the moments when my nephews say something or do something unexpected and i know that they love me...and we bond...sweet boys!

wait for::hope for::expect

Psalm 27

13[What, what would have become of me] had I not believed that I would see the Lord's goodness in the land of the living! (another version says, 'i had fainted unless i believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.')
14Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.

one day::many little happies

grateful for a sermon series my mom found for me on overcoming fear...i have been under INTENSE fear attacks lately...i have never experienced anything like it before...these messages were very practical and encouraging...and hugely helpful...

grateful for my dad going to nashville with me today...i know i'm all ms. independant, but i get very tired of doing things by myself...it was nice to have the company...and to show dad some of the city that might be my new home...

grateful to meet up with a gal that i only met maybe a month ago...it's nice to know that if i end up in nashville, i will know at least one gal...

grateful that the admissions person at the school i am considering was super excited at the prospect of me coming there...and was genuinely interested in me as a person...really helpful and kind...

little happy::second and third and fourth and...

grateful for second and third and fourth and...you get the idea...chances...that God is a restorer...that God makes promises to turn things around in our lives...even the things we've screwed up...he doesn't say, "well, you got yourself into this mess, go ahead and get yourself out."...but his mercies are new every morning...it says he remembers our sins no more...as far as the east is from the west so far has he removed our transgressions from us...that he has not dealt with us according to our sins or rewarded us according to our iniquities, but he pities us like a father pities his children...that he remembers we are just dust...

i have messed up so many things in my life...even willfully chosen wrong...i can list my reasons, but none of them are good enough to excuse the things i've done or thought or said or believed...

but God...in his mercy looks at me as perfected...he forgives...he cleanses and he lets me start over...

tears pour down my cheeks as i type this...because i need so many do-overs in my life...so many things i've messed up...things that seem irreparable...but nothing is impossible with God...

some verses::

Isaiah 61
The Year of the LORD’s Favor 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a] 2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, 3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.
4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations. 5 Strangers will shepherd your flocks; foreigners will work your fields and vineyards. 6 And you will be called priests of the LORD, you will be named ministers of our God. You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you will boast.
7 Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.
8 “For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them. 9 Their descendants will be known among the nations and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.”
10 I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.


Joel 2:25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten— the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm[b]— my great army that I sent among you. 26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed. 27 Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am the LORD your God, and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed.

grateful 2

grateful for God allowing me to get to a place where i am utterly helpless...where i am backed up to a sea of challange...because now i get to watch him show up big time to make a way...he is about to show his mighty power to save...and i am excited to see the BIG work he does!!!

grateful today...

since it is midday and i am expecting even better things in the second half of my day...there may be two little happy posts today (i am working on optimism, faith and hope)

but...

grateful for beautiful words..language...writing...a well-written phrase can absolutely make my day...i've been known to cry over something just because it was so well-written...words have power and those who have the gift for directing that power into a well-turned phrase have my utmost admiration and gratitude...

in ancient times, when a village or tribe's dancers moved in ways that were transcendant, the people would shout some of the earliest forms of "bravo"...and their original meanings were, "i see God in you"...

so i say "bravo" to beautiful writing and language...i see God in you...

practice resurrection...

i have always thought there was so much wisdom to be gleened from this piece...dig deep...it's there...

Manifesto:The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

by Wendell Berry


Love the quick profit, the annual raise,vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die.
And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in a little drawer.
When they want you to buy something they will call you. When they want you to die for profit they will let you know. So, friends, every day do something that won't compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it.
Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands. Give your approval to all you cannotunderstand. Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed.
Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millenium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest.
Say that the leaves are harvested when they have rotted into the mold.Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus that will build under the trees every thousand years.
Listen to carrion -- put your ear close, and hear the faint chattering of the songs that are to come. Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. So long as women do not go cheap for power, please women more than men.
Ask yourself: Will this satisfy a woman satisfied to bear a child? Will this disturb the sleep of a woman near to giving birth?
Go with your love to the fields. Lie down in the shade. Rest your head in her lap. Swear allegiance to what is nighest your thoughts.
As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn't go.
Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.


"Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" from The Country of Marriage, copyright ® 1973 by Wendell Berry, reprinted by permission of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.

choosing happy

today has been a tough day emotionally...well, it started last night...waves of emotions...and so to think of a thankfulness...well, it's tough...

but i am trying to learn from the children of israel in their ridiculously long trek through the desert to the promised land...that every time i come to a place that seems hopeless, discouraging, fearful, etc...if i murmer and complain, am i not risking being sent back out in the desert to wander a little longer? maybe not, but it sure seems that way...

so i am trying to release all of these situations to God...to the One who makes a way through the waters...the One who can lead me through on dry land...

and i am trying to remember that pharoah said "NO" a lot before he let the people go and even then he chased them down...but God had the final word and made a way...

so today, i am thankful for a God who makes a way in the desert...to the One who calls those things which are not as though they were...to the One who has the final say in it all...

.::FEARLESS::.

http://www.crosspoint.tv/media/better-days/

this is a good one....click on the "fearless" topic...week 4

more little happies...

yesterday:: having a gal who i taught in various capacities since she was about 2 yrs old come running across the room when she saw me, jump into my arms, wrapping her legs around my waist and just hug me tight for a while (at around 12 yrs old, she is nearly as tall as i am now)...it meant so much to be missed and loved, not because of ego as much as impact...to know that i had left such an impression with her...that she knew she was loved and was free to just be herself...it was precious...

today:: grateful when remembering my magical trip to nyc a few years back for the macy's thanksgiving day parade...every part of that trip exceeding my wildest dreams...that's a special and treasured memory...

playing catch-up::little happies

yesterday::that God knows what is going on in my story, even though it looks like things are falling apart...

today::thankful for answered prayers and hope...

SO needed to hear this!!!

http://www.joycemeyer.org/BroadcastHome.aspx?video=The_Silent_Years_–_Pt_2


"while i'm here going through this mess, little do i know it, but God is coming"...

"you may be in the biggest mess you've ever been in in your life and you may not can see God coming, but honey you will know for sure when he's been there!" ...

"i can't tell you exactly when, but i can tell you it will probably happen suddenly" ...

"don't quit and don't give up...every day of your life when you get up say...i've got a suddenly coming in my life today" ...

"God likes to do things in secret...paul and silas were in jail and at midnite::suddenly!...the woman with the issue of blood, bled for 15 yrs and then::suddenly...and you've got a suddenly, too!" ...

"in the regions of mystery...in darkness...he puts his hand on us...he forms us and shapes us...you don't know what God is doing right now...but i can tell you God is working and the birth will come...and i might add the worst pain is right before you get the biggest breakthrough!" ...

today's little happy...

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=bed511e434184985961d50fcb&id=e902db98b0 (you will have to copy and paste this link...sorry)

grateful for the "and peter" moments in my life...the times when i feel like a failure...like i've made a mess of things or that things are in shambles around me and everything is going wrong and it is beyond my abilities to make it right...

and God comes in with a story of resurrection...a story too wonderful to be true...a story of death becoming life and he says "hurry...go tell the disciples...and peter..."

especially peter...cause he needs to know that nothing in this life is irreparable...because God has conquered death...is anything too hard for him?!

today's little happy

grateful for getting to talk to my sister-friend katy~* last night as i was driving back from nashville...it was a much needed catch-up time for us...

missed yesterday::here it is::little happy

grateful for reconciliation..that our God is a restorer...a healer...a repairer of the broken places...when God mends...the stitches with which he binds up that which is torn are of the finest handiwork and themselves a beautiful work of art...

another little happy

grateful today for the promises of God...the messages he gives us that we can hold to and count on...

the waiting is the hardest part...

tom petty wasn't kidding when he sang those lyrics...

it's tough to wait.

it's tough to wait with hope when things seem to stay the same or get worse.

not knowing.

maybe it boils down to not being in control of a situation or situations that makes waiting so difficult. you're afraid the delay means you're not going to get the outcome you are hoping for and knowing there's nothing you can do about it but wait for it...well...it's hard.

i feel like i have been waiting for some things in my life for years. some for only weeks. but it seems that in the waiting, i am restless...worries and what-ifs buzz around my head like gnats on a sticky summer afternoon.

everything, it seems, is a big question mark...in some cases, an open-ended question with no answer in sight...where am i going to school...where will i live...how will i afford it...will i do well...what is going to happen in other situations...am i in for heartbreak and disappointment...i sure hope not, but i fear it.

and i think really...it's a matter of not really believing that God wants to love me and do good to me...to bless me and show me favor. it's a deeper theological wrestling of mind, soul, spirit than just do i believe that God is good, kind, loving, etc...it is will he prove to be those things to me...will he intervene and bring good things into my life...not in the sovereign sense of "we must accept that all things eventually work for our good"...but in the very real, tangible "wow! this is amazing!" blessing of this present moment. i know we need both. i just feel i need more of the latter to balance things out.

and there's the thing...what i know...what i believe...what i can control...and maybe the real frustration is that God is not tame...that he is mystery...and a bit of a wild card at times...we don't know what he will do...

but wouldn't it then be just as easy to believe he's gonna go off and surprise us with awesome goodness instead of shocking sadness?

"you take it on faith...you take it to the heart...but the waiting in the hardest part"

another little happy

grateful today for fresh foods...i started my day by making a frittata with fresh spinach, green onions, grape tomatoes, mozzarella, sea salt and fresh ground pepper...it reminded me how much i love fresh food...simple dishes with the freshest possible ingredients are good for the soul, as much as for the appetite...

yesterday's little happy

yesterday:: grateful for the reminder of the wonder of childhood...my nephew came in yesterday morning calling the low-lying fog that filled the yard "frog dust" and telling an elaborate story about it...reminded how we need to take our eyes off of our very "logical" way of looking at the world and realize that God told us unless we approach it as a little child, we will not understand...we will not understand that God is at work in the world, raising dead things to life...calling those things "which are not" as though they were...speaking things into existence...that even what seems humanly impossible or even just unlikely is more than possible for God...and that there is a veil between two worlds that gets brushed aside every once in a while for those with childlike eyes who can look around them and see that fog is really "frog dust"

little happy::november 4th

grateful for the little things. sometimes i get so busy that i miss them. today...i am grateful.

some words of wisdom i've collected recently

"God never gives us a recipe for life; He just gives us Himself and says to be careful about what else we add to it." Bob Goff

"What if the life you really want, and the future God wants for you, is hiding right now in your biggest problem, your worst failure…your greatest fear?" M. Batterson

"We're messed up and we come from messed up but God is bigger than messed up and God works through the mess to bring salvation. So don't buy the lie tonite that you are too far gone for God to restore your life to the beauty that he's been dreaming about. There is not too much water under the bridge. He'll build a new bridge at the stream. There is not too much damage been done because God speaks things into existence out of nothing and he can recreate what the locusts have eaten. God is not finished. There is no story in this building that puts him off...Christ says, 'I am not offended by your story...I'm not looking at you going, 'Too bad you've burned too many bridges.' I can restore you and I can bring you back and put you in the place that God wants you to be.' God is always at work. When crazy, messed-up, jacked-up stuff is going on, God is still at work." Louie Giglio

that last one had me crying big time when i listened to that sermon...because i have been through and am still in some crazy, messed-up, jacked-up seemingly hopeless stuff and it is good to remember that God is still at work and he is always working for his glory and for our good...all the time, every time...God is always working.

little happy::november 3rd

grateful for my friend ginnie and the other fc-4 gals...for the time we had and the lifelong friendships formed...ginnie and her hubby got their visas today and are officially moving to spain in january...been thinking of the blessing of having her in my life...

a whole month of thankful...

i have noticed several people have gotten on the bandwagon of posted thanks every day in november...thought it was a good idea...i'm going to do that...right now, i am going to do that retroactively and then you can watch this blog to see a new post each day...ah-one annah-two annah-way we gooooo....

november 1:: grateful for a place to stay in nashville so i could go and check out a school...grateful for the new friends who opened their home and included me in their life...

november 2:: grateful to be able to see several people i knew from dc...to spend time with them and hear about their lives...grateful to pick up without missing a beat...

new post next for today's little happy...