Inspiration

Today is what I would call a good day! I am officially on spring break, although I am at work- this means I can put school on hold for a week, and not feel guilty! This semester has been absolutely insane! I feel like life is non stop, and I know it will continue to be like this for well, a good while. Ive learned to manage my time pretty well though! My sister and I seem to pack ridiculous amounts into our day, yet were still surviving! So its possible! Through the crazy busy days- let me tell you there is still time for the Lord, and he shows himself daily! He's been teaching me a lot about myself lately.. the good and bad! I'm growing!
I have also considered today to be good because I actually got to go out to lunch with Brittany! Such an encouraging friend! Love her! We went to the wonderful, delightful Chipotle!! I'm seriously obsessed with the place! We had good food, good convo, and overall very good time! It was much needed. Sometimes we get disconnected with everyone because of these hectic lives we live, but then you have people like Brittany who remind us of the importance of friendship, and how crucial it is in our lives. During lunch we got on the topic of adoption, and oh how sweet it is!
I have such a heart for children, and I have a desire to adopt some of my own oneday. Even as a little girl this has been a part of something I know the Lords been brewing inside of me. It has only grown to be so much more over the years. God's children are precious!

Fall is so Fine.

Today is the first day of fall, and believe it or not even in the great state of Florida it's decent out. Although, I am more than ready for real fall- where you can wear scarves, and boots, and sit around a camp fire at night without sweating to death. None the less, this day will come! As I've been randomly getting on here to keep up with my oh so dearest friend Brittany- she has inspired me to post again. It has been over a year since I've posted, so it's about time. I was recently reading over my old post and since then things have become clearer in my life, and I praise Jesus for that! For a long time I had really no idea what direction to go in- first it was elementary education- then I changed to Family and Child Science.. but even with this major there are so many options. Recently I know exactly what I aspire to do! It is still working with children, and this will always be my heart, but I will be going on to grad school for either PT or OT. I meet with a pre-med advisor on Friday to review my options and to determine what I lack for pre reqs. I will have some hard work ahead of me, and even harder decisions. I have been looking at programs in a ton of Universities including FAMU, Florida (I know…), North Carolina, Wake, Duke and some others. There are many choices but not so many close to home, so once again I will prob be moving. Only time will tell….
The Lord is so good and how he works everything out. In my major you have to go through a practicum and every year the students have always worked in schools, well this year they have a place call Progressive Pediatric. Progressive offers therapy and counseling, and even more so PT and OT with kids. So I signed up in hope I would be able to get in here- and I did! I just started last week- and not only will this be great experience for me, but it will help me to determine specifically which therapy to go in and this gives me hours which are required to get accepted to grad school. Things have just been so smooth lately.
Overall- things in life have been good- the sister and I are now in town, and I seriously haven’t bought gas in a month!! Its amazing…truly amazing! We now walk to campus, run football players over with our bikes, do dreadful stadiums in record time, and spend most of our nights in Club Stroz (Library). We've had a lot of fun though- and football is back up and going! We've been to both of the home games so far and man have they been hot!! I'm debating rather this sat is actually worth it….I am sure ready for some night games! Oh and since we've been away from home- mama still loves to cook Sunday dinner for us! I am ok with this!! This past Sunday we just chilled at the house (mamas) - we ate, played outside, Meg did a little homework and we just pure relaxed, I only wish it could had been longer! I have a feeling this semester will continue to be wonderful- as the seasons begin to change, and the holidays draw near.


- Just a side note, my great gramdma (Big Mama) who past away a week and a half ago, would of been 100 today! Thats just amazing to me- oh the life she has lived!

...While drinking coffee

What has happened to the fear of the Lord, or the desire to be holy and clean before the father. I feel as if standards and values have taken a slum, and everything is justified. We live our lives for ourselves and what is convenient for that time and place. Give me a Sunday morning that's full of grace… This is exactly what everyone wants, well for the half that even still acknowledges God or the church. It use to be, "oh we go to church, so that means we are saved and everything is ok, and we can drink and have fun but just be sure to show up at church".( no this doesn’t mean any of that, just to throw that in) Well now there are so many people offended and turned away by the church, that it's now even ok to have all that "fun" but then say, " I think I'll just go to church when its convenient, or hey maybe just read a scripture off some old woman's bumper sticker and that will justify for everything wrong in my my life this week. Well the church is the bride, and for me I would want to be apart of something that great!
I am tired of ending up in confused, complacent mind sets and just sitting back watching things take place that I never would have imagined I would do. I become angry and upset at others sometimes but first and foremost it's my life I need to worry with, and am I living a holy and pleasing life to Christ son of the living God? A great God, who does give me the strength, and direction, and peace, and love, and everything I need!

I think I am just on my soap box a little today, but the Lord has been showing me a lot of things lately, and this morning while drinking coffee on the way to work everything started becoming clear on what I needed to do.

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
-Albert Schweitzer

I was browsing online at the office, when I came upon this quote. This was the first time I had read this before. There are always the quotes that go up on the classroom walls that talk about reaching for the moon but if you miss just land on a star or something like that... well i just like this one so much better! I want this on a poster in my classroom "In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet" .We dont realize what precious and beautiful things lay right in front of us.
I dont think I really began to understand this either until I moved away from the small but sweet town I have grown up in my whole life. I know as we went through school, there were pretty much 2 groups of people, the ones who wanted more than anything to escape this town and go on to bigger and better things, or the ones who loved it so much they would probably stay in the town their entire lives fishing, hunting, and drinking!( Sounds productive, right?) Well I was very much so in the first group. I was pretty excited to say the least when i was accepted to go to Southeastern University! This was in Lakeland FL.--out of Wakulla! So two years later, Here I am now in Tallahassee at Florida State University. wow how things change, and I know the Lord had me at SEU for a time and season, and good things were done! During the time down there I learned so much, and also began to appreciate the things that i would have passed by before. I learned you do not waste the food you buy!!! NOPE sure don't, such a precious thing ha ha but serious. When your away from something, you begin to realize how great that something is, such as friends, family, and yes hickville! The grass isn't always greener on the other side, and hey look their are flowers at your feet! So this quote today has made me think about a lot, and I have come to really enjoy it!