10 February 2009

So I have decided on a little nugget I'd like to share this week -

When I was six years old my Dad decided that there were other things to do in life and he left. My grandparents, they wanted me, but I'm afraid it was a bit late - the lesson had been learned. When times get tough - the weak run away.

Well, for almost twenty years that's what I did. The only thing I ever completed was school.

You know what, four years - of thinking about what's wrong with me and how can I fix it - later, there's something I've really learned.

Yes, I've run away - A LOT!!

Yes, over the years I've made many bad decisions.

Yes, I am a daughter of the Most High and have been forgiven.

No, I will never run away again!

For, you see, it is not who you once were or what you once did that defines you but who you desire to become.

Until next time I send my love ~~~~~~~~~~~~

29 December 2008

Well, here I sit eating an apple and some sliced, processed Provolone - yum!! There is one problem - I love Bizarre foods - the show on the Travel Channel and it's hard to eat anything when people are cutting up octopi and eating it raw - bleck!!

This has definitely been my most difficult Christmas Sason since I've been here. The weather has just been so nasty that no one could make it to visit, and I love the snow so I wanted to be at home with my boy playing in the luscious freezing whiteness of it all.

But it's all good, I've made it through and have all the more character to prove it.

I'll tell you this was also the strangest winter...the Friday before Christmas they informed us that due to rising natural gas prices, they were switching to propane back up and there would only be enough to heat the institution to 66 degrees. That's fine. The next day it was 21 outside. I'm glad I have lots of clothes. :o) Well, on Saturday a couple of water lines broke in Wilsonville so they asked Coffee Creek to cut back on water use. So now cold-as-ice showers - every other day - lovely...

There is this positive though, there are a lot of women here who have forgotten what is truly important in life and I hope a small season without some of the everyday comforts helps them to be reminded.

All in all this is still the time to remember that Christ was born, lived, and died for each and every one of us.

I want to say thank you to everyone who is reading this - thank you for your love, compassion, mercy and grace that you extend not just to me but to the woman you pass on the street - the one who is dirty - strung out, hungry, and in need of the Bread of Life.

Happy New Year!!

By the way - I took my last test at school today and only have my finals to go!!!!!!!