A Little Word To Snack On

Mornin' blogees!!! (that word was just added to Webster's Dictionary) Today was an early start. I don't quite remember my shower at 5:45 a.m. I can't recall whether I washed my hair with shampoo or shaving cream. Either way, I smell halfway clean. My eyes are almost past the burning point and the frog has almost escaped my throat. I interviewed an individual for a local publication I write for. Let's just say in went well especially considering the state I was in as a walking zombie. Before heading to watch my friend's son for the day (I watch him weekly), I decided I would grab a quick snack. Here's a snippet of what I indulged in on this fine Thursday morning (compliments of The Word For You Today Devotional)...

It's time to move on!

"Regardless of what has happened. He can bring you through it and give you a new song. Will it happen quickly or easily? No, we get through it in different ways, and at different rates. How did the Israelites get through the Red Seas? One step at a time! But when they got to the other side that body of water became the dividing line between their past and their future. But to get beyond your past you must forgive, and keep on forgiving until it loses its hold over you. You must rise up and declare by faith that the power those old issues had over you is broken. Jesus promised that when His word on the issue becomes your word on it, your circumstances will begin to change."

Now how's that for a little Thursday morning snack?! :)

G'day!

Can't Place My Finger On It

It's been a day, a week, perhaps even a year of many, many thoughts. In fact, I can't quite place my finger on it. The feeling that I feel - it's strange. Bittersweet is the best way I know to articulate. Yet that doesn't even begin to cover it. Yesterday I felt elated yet today I felt slightly qualmish. Yesterday I pondered upon the endless possibilities yet today I grasped my tiny feline with both hands as I wept. The poor thing was probably so confused but it was nice to embrace that which can't speak back but merely accept your feelings of despondency. These two opposing feelings are quite inexplicable yet somehow I am confident even with stomach in throat of that small voice inside of me saying, "It's okay. It is time. Now walk and I will lead."

Have you ever wanted to hold on to two worlds in their entirety? To grasp one realm while indulging in the other all at once? For me I simply wish Virginia and Florida were neighbors. Oh how easy it would make my transition. It would be a smooth one; quite seamless in fact. BUT I was reminded today as I peered upon the pages of my devotional that my adversity is all a part of reaching the place which my soul ultimately desires.

"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

-2 Corinthians 4:18

The house I grew up in for 23 years is now officially sold. I will be packing up my things and heading south. You always leave behind things when moving forward. Many friends, family, and a home that is filled with numerous fond memories will be left in a place that will soon become slightly unfamiliar. Yet I will not change though the borders that surround me may. Today I walked into my home and it started to feel less like home. I feel so strange, sad, hopeful, confused all at once. Today I had quite a unique feeling within my heart and I can't quite place my finger on it.

Lists, life & letting go...

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So I made a list this past weekend that I posted online for all of you faithful (or not-so-faithful) followers to read. Thus, I am held accountable to the world of blogging to check, check, check, and yes, you guessed it, check it off!! Well, I am saddened to be the bearer of bad news but this week got a little crazy between my oh so roller coaster emotions and my belly ache on Saturday morning, that I forgot to give the list a good old checkaroo!! I did however demolish portions of the to dos that have hovered over me.

Here you have it folks:

1.

Put my clean clothes away (stuffed under the bed does not count).

Okay, so I didn't exactly stuff them under the bed but I didn't exactly as much as lay a finger on them either....

2.

Clean out the closet in the guest bedroom with stuff from when I moved home last year.

Errrrr.....guilty again!!!!

3.

Take out the trash in my room (I've discovered an inch deep trash can is not as practical as I had anticipated).

CHECK, CHECK, CHECK!!!! That's right, there's no more old yogurt containers laying around.

4.

Get a tan at the beach.

CHECK!!! Somehow I managed to mark that one off the list amid my hectic week. Wheeewww!!! (While wiping the sweat off my brow) I don't know how I found time to get that done!

5.

Go for a jog every day.

HALF CHECK! I almost did the three consecutive days of jogging. I jogged Friday after work & Saturday evening. Sunday night when I was supposed to run, I had a little bit of computer malfunctions I had to tend. Thus, leaving me with a "half check"! :)

So our house is officially going up for sale. Those words "FOR SALE" have been so daunting lately. I've been witnessing my Mother in the past week digging through closets and throwing out the unnecessary items we often collect over the years. I'm not a big fan of this whole concept of packing up and leaving behind the past twenty-three years. It's kind of scary actually. But this is what I have been reminded of as of late.

1. Your things are not really your things.

2. Four walls do not make up a home, those you love do.

3. Transition is as exciting as it is difficult.

4. New opportunity awaits you in the middle of your trial.

5. Everything happens for a reason.

6. Sometimes desolate seasons in life bring you to a place you might otherwise have not had the courage to venture out to.

Perhaps living under the palm trees might not be so bad afterall!

I have discovered that as I so quickly mastered the art of clinched fists (read a recent post pertaining this topic), I must just as swiftly learn to let go. The grip I have had on my life has been a concern of control over things that have not so much had a hold on my life as much as I have simply allowed them to. It is time to put the past in the past. That will be on my to-do list for this weekend!!!

And The List Goes On...

Guilty!

I'm that blogger that wants followers yet leaves them with no posts or excitement to even absorb. So, you might ask what is taking up all of my time. Why it's all you other phenomenal bloggers. I think I'm slightly strung out on blogs! One of my personal favorites that has left me in a trance is this innovative wedding blog known as Grey Likes Weddings. I know what you're thinking, "You're engaged?!!! And you didn't blog about it?!!!" One word for you: HAHA!!! I came across this blog one day just browsing through blog sites and hopping from blog to blog (as we amateur bloggers do when we run out of ideas). I was highly impressed by the innovation and uniqueness from the various posts of photo shoots, colorboards, DIYs & many more inspirational pieces. So to tell you the truth, that is what has kept me from blogging. I've got to brush up on my "skills"!

In the meantime, here is a list I intend to completely obliterate come Monday morning. I need a incentive to keep me on this little "to do list", so I decided being accountable to the blog world would be good enough for me. Don't judge me. My life has been chaotic. And by chaotic, I mean that I've been really focused on catching up on sleep.

1. Put my clean clothes away (stuffed under the bed does not count).

2. Clean out the closet in the guest bedroom with stuff from when I moved home last year (hey, like I said...I've been busy).

3. Take out the trash in my room (I've discovered an inch deep trash can is not as practical as I had anticipated).

4. Get a tan at the beach (usually laying around in a beach chair all day really makes me want to go home and clean).

5. Go for a jog every day (jogging to the end of the culdesac and back is unexceptable)!

The list goes on and on but I forgot most of it. I'll post more if I remember.

Happy Friday! :)