Here I am, once again, amazed at how long it's been since I've written a blog. There's so much to say since the last one...6 months ago. Doh! I have absolutely no idea where to begin. I suppose I'll throw out the highlights and maybe comment some along the way. Bare with me. This could be a long blog.
November - This was a month to be thankful. We should be thankful all the time but we seem to take everything and everyone for granted until Thanksgiving sneaks up on us. This year was a Thanksgiving I will never forget. The day was basically so-so but that night I received a phone call that would altar my life and many others in the best way possible. I became an auntie! My brother and sister-in-law became parents. They got the call on their way home from dinner that they had been chosen to be parents of a sweet little baby boy. We had prayed for this miracle for a very long time and God finally said, "you got it!" Nicolas (Nico) Jason was born a few weeks premature but all turned out well and he is thriving with his new parents. We are all so grateful, excited, and blessed to have this wonderful new edition to our family.
December - I was so blessed to be able to go home to Phoenix for 10 days to visit for Christmas. We had Christmas Eve to plan for and a baby shower as well. I can't express the joy I felt when I held my nephew for the first time. He was so tiny but what a big presence he had. He had everyone wrapped around his little finger including this proud auntie. =) I haven't held many babies in my lifetime and I had never fed one before either. So when asked if I'd like to do the honors, I...hesitated. I finally got up the nerve (I was afraid I'd drop him) and I gave Nico his bottle. He even held my shirt with his itty bitty hand...maybe he knew I was nervous about dropping him...hehehe...smart kid. After a wonderful time spent with my family and friends, it was time to say "see ya later". It about broke my heart to leave because I never know when I'll get to come back. Even so, I wouldn't have traded a single minute.
January - Ah...a brand new year and new beginnings..sorta. Actually, I don't remember much of January. I'm sure something interesting must have happened. Maybe we'll skip this month.
February - This is the month I got a job. However, after three days, they told me they didn't need anyone at the moment and they might be in touch. Gee, thanks. Looking back on it, it wasn't the right fit for me after all. I'm not bitter. February also saw our FPU (Financial Peace University) coming to an end but a new small group on the horizon. I'll touch more on this in March.
March - Now this was a great month. I got a job...and still have it. It is temporary but the important thing is that I have somewhere to go, something to do, and I get paid for it. =) Now March is a fantastic time of the year. It brings me great joy because every year, without fail, is MARCH MADNESS!!! I love it! I can't help myself. If I could watch every single game, I would. Granted my bracket generally falls apart sometime after the sweet sixteen but I did pretty well this year. I am disappointed that Ohio State didn't make it to the final game but they played great and I suppose I'll have to be okay with Kentucky winning it all. March has also found me in a new small group through our church. God is really working in me and through this group. He is showing me what it really means to be a Christ follower. The ladies in this group are incredible people. I don't know all of them well yet but I can see in their eyes that they are amazing and I thank God for each of them every day.
April - It's just the beginning of the month and we still have a lot of events yet to come. One of my favorites is Easter. Today is Good Friday and a day we remember the sacrifice God made by sending us His only Son to die for us, sinners. I don't know about you, but I can't imagine having so much love for humanity that someone would give up their only child so that others may live. That proves to me that God's love is immeasurable, it's incomprehensible, it's undying. Even if you don't believe it, God loves you anyway. "For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly." Romans 5:6
Happy Easter!
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