We have had a time to mourn
A time to weep
A time to be sad over all we’ve lost
We’ve had a time to search
And a time to turn away
We’ve had our days of sorrow
And our days of doubt
But a new day is dawning
And it’s time to move on
It’s time to mend
It’s time to embrace
It’s time to choose peace
And to look for healing
It’s time to move on
And let go
And start waking up each day
Rejoicing
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Hello everyone! It's nice to be back. It's been two months and wow, the time has flown by on my end. I would love to give you an update on all the things that have happened, but most of that will have to wait for a giant highlight at the end of the month (yeah, it's going to be three month's of highlights. O.o)
As you might be able to tell, I still haven't found time to re-do the blog as I've been promising myself I would for the last year, but I'm trying to be okay with that. Right after I took my break, my sister Sarah got married, and another sister left on a two-month missions trip, then another sister moved in next to us with her family. Needless to say, the amount of change in my life these last two months has been overwhelming. I'd love to say I've handled it great, but I haven't. I've been busy trying to find a balance in my schedule. So for right now, I'm learning how to balance work, spending time with family, and my own projects. For the time that means I'll only be posting every other week. I need to ease back into this so I don't burn myself out! =)
At the moment I'm working on NaNo, which I have just been writing a random assortment of stories for, but I've been enjoying it. I haven't written much of anything since July, so it's good to be getting back into the swing of it.
And of course the thing I'm most excited about is one of my best friends in the whole world is getting married tomorrow. O.o I'm in Arizona right now for the wedding, and am SO excited!!!
So, I'm all ears, tell me what y'all have been up to! I've missed chatting with y'all. <3
I
want words
To
wrap around these feelings
I
want peace
From
all the crashing emotions
I
want to be able to tell you
Why
the words are so hard right now
But
I can’t
All
I can say is I’m here
And
everything around me is changing
So
I’m just hanging on
And
watching it all come
Holding
on to God
Since
He never changes
I
can’t find words to say
What
I want to say to you
I
can’t even find
Words
for myself
So
I’m going to go find them
Until
then I can’t talk anymore
I
can’t write anymore
I
need to say goodbye
But I’ll be back soon
I'll be back in a month, or maybe two. I desperately need some time to just adjust to a massive amount of changes happening in my life, most of them very good. But I'll be back, and I'll catch you up when I do. Goodbye for now!
I had a rough start to my month, but my family and freinds really helped me out. This resulted in me stepping back from socil media for the time being and trying to revive some old habits, like scrapbooking, and photogerphy just for fun. August was also a lot of prep for my sisters wedding, so there was a lot of ajustment there.
My sister Grace and I spent an evening making candles! We had some old soy wax left over from a long ago candle making venture, so we used that and some old sents to make a vanilla, and lavender vanilla candles in old canning jars. I've already burned one, and have two more waiting!
Had an unintional midnight movie party with my sister.
Finished Mysterious Bennidict Soucity with Kate. Wow, what an ending. O.o I really hope they do more seasons of it becase I was very impressed by how they did this show.
Rebekkah and I drove down twords Huston to be a part of a workday at one of the sister churches to the one we attend. It was hot, and long, but also fun. We helped prepare two hundred hot dogs, learned how to use a powerwasher, and wrangled a lot of board kids. ;)
Rebekkah's and my job started back up at a Classical Conversations nursery. We have far fewer kids this year, and we are no longer teaching preschool, but it is very fun! I am enjoying being back with those kids. <3 Now I'm working three days a week, along with odd jobs which is just about perfect for me. My favorite part of the month was having two babys fall asleep on me at once. <3 My least favroite was having a kid shoot himself in the eye with toothpaste. Can you imagine how painful that must be? I feel like it's got to hurt worse then shampoo.
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| This is our elephant snuggly, Silky at the zoo. |
The Zoo had a scavenger hunt. We had so much fun at the last two we were really excited for this one, but it was horribly set up. Thankfully we still had a blast going around together! And we got an elephant snuggly, so that was fun!
My brother was coming home from a mission trip, so we went to pick him up from the airport and give him back his car (Which I had been driving. It's my dream car *happy sigh*.), but his flight was delayed and we had to just hang out for a couple hours. We discovered the airport has put in a Whataburger, at which I'm sure all Texan's rejoiced, myself included.
My brother-in-law to be has already got an apartment, so we spent sevral days this month moving funature in, and a lot of Sarah's stuff so that it will be ready for her after the wedding. I now have a hatrid for second story apartments when it involes lugging funature up to them. XD It is weird seeing her stuff move from the room where it's always been into this new place, but I've enjoyed helping them set up house.
My siblings and I have gotten a new Pandemic game Legacy season one. It is incredible! Also very stressful. XD Each game you play affects the next and it is wild, but amazingly fun.
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| This is Sarah and Scott at their shower. |
We had Sarah's bridal shower, which was a big sucsess. We set up, and seved chips and salsa. We had to combind with Scott's shower because the family that was going to host his got Covid. But it was really fun! They spent a lot of time opening gifts, and just socializing. Then we took all the gifts over to Scott's apartment, and went out for dinner together. Rose had come in from her bible school for the day, so it was great to be all together.
I had to say no
Over and over
I had to take the same action
Over and over
I’m getting tired
Of making no progress
I’m getting tired
Of trying so hard
And getting nowhere
I’ve taken away the problem
But I know that won’t fix it
Sooner or later
I have to face it
With fists up and jaw set
I need to conquer this
But it won’t just go down
It keeps coming back up
So I’m going to fight
And build walls
To keep myself
From going there
And I’ll try again
