Springtime and other stuff

I have never in my life been so excited about Spring!!!  This is the first time in my life that I feel like I've actually "stopped and smelled the roses".  It's almost a child-like excitement!!  The trees budding and the flowers popping seem to have some strong significance this year.  I guess it's probably natural to be affected by the weather and the different beautiful colors coming alive.   It's amazing how many different flowers and plants there are in this world.

I decided to leave my job as the Business Development Manager where I was working here in town.  There were so many wonderful people that I met while working there; employees and patients.  I know that God put me there so I could tell my story in the public eye.  I think I could have gotten into a very bad place if I weren't 'forced' to go somewhere every day.  It was a consistency I needed so that I didn't get consumed with my selfishness and self pity. For personal reasons, I decided to leave and have NO doubt that I made the right decision.

God blessed me with a job that I can do from home.  I couldn't ask for a better situation.  It's such a HUGE blessing and I will never take it for granted.  Bryan and I have been praying since last summer for God to lead us and let us know when and if we should start trying to have a family again.  Now that I am at a point that I can go to doctor's appointments when I need to and put my health first, we feel very confident that God is speaking to us.

In preparing to try to get pregnant again, I've begun consulting with a nutritionist with Nature's Sunshine.  I'll tell the story later on about how I came to find her.  It's an awesome story but I'm saving it for another time.  I've done some cleanses and started eating all organic fruits and veggies and hormone free meats.  It's been an overhaul of our refrigerator and pantry.  I have also completed P90X and am starting it over again, along with running and biking.  I have never been a fan of exercise, in fact I used to LOATHE it.  It has now become a part of my life and I look forward to it.  The more I exercise the more I want to eat things that are grown on trees or from the ground.  If you've never done research on Organic vs. Non-organic, you really should do yourself the favor and stop pumping yourself full of pesticides and hormones.  It's a lot like lead paint and second hand smoke.  If you think about it, when lead paint came out, they had no idea how bad it was until years later.  Second hand smoke was the same way, we find out 20 years later all the bad side effects.  Have you ever noticed little girls starting to develop way younger than they used to????  It's because there are hormones being pumped into chickens to make the chickens grow faster.  Then we eat them.....put two and two together.  I also believe that the pesticides that we ingest correlate with all the cancer that seems to be invading so many people.  I'm no doctor but it just makes sense.  It's been an exciting past few months of getting my body in tip top shape.  Now, being patient for God to do His thing is the next step.

I will keep you all posted!!!

Precious Friends

Sweet Ella Kate

One of my good friends, Tracy, that I met shortly after we moved to Tyler, was pregnant at the same time I was.  We had due dates very close to each other.  This is her sweet little girl, Ella Kate.  They visited The Children's Park in Tyler to take some pictures.  The caption that Tracy sent said, "We took Ella Kate's 6 month pictures a couple of weeks ago and she wanted me to share one with you.  She took a picture with her special friend who I just know would have been her very best friend!"


Tracy has no idea how special it is to me that she constantly tells me that Ella Kate will know all about her friend, Eden.  When you lose a child, your biggest fear is that no one will remember him or her.  Thank you, Tracy.  This made my year!!!