SO. I am 23 now. I have hesitated to bring attention to this as I have felt a little.....eh. But honestly, besides feeling..."eh"....I am actually pretty stoked! This year is going to be really great, I think. I know there is so much in my future that is right around the corner from happening. TO think that turning 23 is actually getting me closer to those things...I accept it with grateful and open arms!

I mean...really. 23 is NOT old. So don't think i am like "whoa as me"ing right now and all upset cause i am "getting old." B.c trust me. Even though i am REALLY feeling that extra year (and i mean...really) & am tempted to say I am getting old.... does not mean I think I am old. :)

October 30th was the anniversary of my birth. It was the first birthday I felt, odd. And I felt that way b.c this past year has flown the heck by. In September of 06, I was moving away to Nashville, TN! TO think how MUCH has changed since that move...how much I have changed...how much my life has changed and how FAST it all happened....BOGS my mind down. Wow. I canNOT believe it's almost The holidays...I sit and think often on how I wonder where the past month went!! But. What a great year it's been. God brought me from one place(home) to take me to another(TN for a career) where I thought I was meant to belong in and then I learned his true purpose- for right now in my life-& his taking me to TN was actually part of his orchestrating plan to bring me here to NewSpring. A place I had only heard of but never been. Well folks. I fell in love and here I am!

I am living proof of God's hand working extensively in a persons life. God is so in control!!! Even when we don't understand! I forget that way too often. Sometimes, it takes us time to grasp his direction for us...

So I am 23 and I think on the past year and all that has happened...even hasn't happened...and look forward & press on to tomorrow. What God has in store. Learning to live in each moment given to me and cherish every second in them. Learning to not be so ready for next week before I am immersed in the joy's and blessings of THIS one.
Just to slow down in my insides. Pay attention to the breath I breathe EVEN more and remember where it is coming from.

We all get older each year...but we gain wisdom and love in each day that passes and grow more into who God really has us to be.

I really think I am going to enjoy 23....