I have not posted in forever, but...

......I GRADUATED FROM TROY UNIVERSITY!!! WOOHOOO!!!! 

Emotionsss.....

Woah, what a weekend and we still have Sunday to get through. This has been a very trying weekend and am glad to say it is almost over. I am emotionally drained to say the least which is really cutting into my sleeping time, leaving me physically drained. Here are just a few of the emotions I have dealt with this weekend:

• Angry
• Annoyed
• Anxious
• Ashamed
• Broken
• Calm
• Chaotic
• Cheerful
• Competitive
• Confused
• Critical
• Curious
• Desperate
• Disappointed
• Discouraged
• Disgusted
• Excited
• Fearful
• Glad
• Grateful
• Grieving
• Happy
• Helpless
• Hurt
• Indifferent
• Irritated
• Lazy
• Mad
• Paranoid
• Preoccupied
• Responsible
• Sad
• Sensitive
• Sorry
• Stubborn
• THANKFUL!
• Worried

What a sad two days. But in the end of it all, I'm THANKFUL! God has blessed and been there yet again when we are in need regardless of the circumstance. So thankful I serve a God who is a God of ALL times. We are blessed in more ways than we know and I just pray that we remember that daily. I'm also praying tomorrow will be completely unemotional (at least the negative emotions anyway). =) 

Wonderful Week Ahead =)

This is going to be a WONDERFUL week just to let you all know! 

Why, you ask? Well, I'll tell you!

• I should will be completely healed this week and completely back to normal! I had my tonsils and adenoids out last Tuesday. It has STUNK...and hurt. All last week, I slept, slept, rested, and slept. The whole process wouldn't have been so bad if I could had a steady drip of pain medicine so I wouldn't have had to hurt while it wore off before it was time to take it again, if I could have lived without eating, getting hungry and/or weak, and if it was possible to live without swallowing. It has hurt like no other, but let's pray that it will fix my relationship with strep throat! It has definitely not been an ideal way to celebrate my last spring break as a college student, which brings me to my next item  of business...

• I will graduate college in 54 more days!! WOOHOOOO!!!!! I am counting down and I will get another 7 days behind me this week! I honestly cant believe that I will soon be a graduate of Troy University! My 3 years as a full time college student has truly FLOWN by faster than the speed of light.  In these 3 years, I haven't been your average college student. I wasn't raised that way, praise the Lord. I've went to class, worked a part time job, taught the youth at my church, spent time with my family and my sweet boy, and been in bed by 10pm more nights than not. That's just how I prefer to do things. =) 

• I hopefully will buy a ring that I will keep forever. My great grandmother, Mother, LOVED rings. I mean loved them to the point of wearing one (or two) on EVERY finger. =) Rings were just her thing. If you saw her without them, something was up. During her last few years of living, she couldn't wear them and her hands never looked right. Mother passed away in January after battling Alzheimer's for several years. A little of her money was split between the grandchildren and great grandchildren. Most of what I was blessed with will go toward school. However, some of it will go towards buying myself a ring. I want something that I will forever keep and remember her by. Since she loved rings so, I thought it would be just the thing to get in memory of her, plus I know she would approve! =)  So hopefully this week/weekend, I will get to go shopping and buy a ring.

• I have all week off of work. Yay for more rest and more time for healing. Boo for no money. Here's the breakdown. Took off Monday - Wednesday, because Dr. said it would take 7 to 10 days for my throat to completely heal, also Tuesday, my mama is defending her dissertation to get her Doctorate (Should I start calling her Dr. Mama??) and Wednesday's are my off day anyway to prepare for teaching my bunch of hoodlums at church. Thursday is an IMPORTANT day (see below) and Friday I had already asked off to see my bubba play a little baseball! =) GO EAGLES! So there you have it. A week off! YAY! 

• IT'S MY BIRTHDAY WEEK!!!! I will celebrate my birthday this Thursday!! March 22 is only the second most important day of the year! Its only behind Jesus's birthday of course! =) I will be turning the ripe old age of 21. I will most likely spend my day in class for 2 hours, eat lunch with some important people, take a nap =), and spend time with my sweet boy as soon as he gets off! And hopefully this weekend, we will do a little more celebrating by spending thime with Chad's family. Though its not most people's way of spending their 21st birthday, I think it's PERFECT and wouldn't change it for anything! =) It's right up my alley for sure! 

So there are a FEW reasons why this week is going to be pretty awesome! 

I am now too excited to sleep! =) 

Birthday Cake with the King

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 

WESLEY TIMOTHY WARD! 

How do you celebrate a birthday with the King of Kings? Had it not been for that day, October 16, 2010, we would have probably been celebrating an ordinary birthday complete with balloons, a poster of some sort for the back room of the store, and birthday cake (vanilla of course). Anything that Tim would have enjoyed and gotten a kick out of. However, he is having a bigger kick out of this birthday more than anything at all we could have planned. Tim is having his birthday with Jesus! How amazing and what a story! I miss him so much. I have a ribbon in my car that I see everyday. It could not be a Tim-ribbon without brown in it of course! I miss that crazy fellow a whole lot, but I know I will see him again! He was taken so sudden and out of no where but I know the timing was perfect. The timing was of One with much more say so that I will ever have or could even dream of having. I just pray that my time on earth would be lived like Tim's. Full of laughter, adventure, and love. Full of life. Full of Tim. 

"It Is Well With My Soul" by Chris Rice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPPSG_SpojY&feature=related

Never Say Never.

So I said I'd never have a blog.. but here I am. Thought I'd use the first post to tell you a little about myself even though you should know me if you are on here. =) Im a firm believer in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm a sibling to two people, who have more in common with me than any other, a handsome brother (who gave me two adopted brothers - his best friends) and a beautiful sister (who also gave me a brother in law). I'm a daughter to two pretty amazing and hard working parents and the granddaughter of grandparents who spoil me like no other. I'm completely head over heals in love with a small town boy, who loves me in return and has a wonderful family. I have TONS more family that you will probably hear about some. I definitely can not forget my three bestest friends either. I also have a pretty wonderful kitty that spends his time eating, sleeping, and stretching. =) I'm a week shy of 21 years old. I am a student, but only for a few more months. PRAISE THE LORD. Im graduating Cum Laude from Troy University with a degree in Mathematics. Yuck, I know. Im sick of math. I also teach the youth at Joquin Baptist, where I attend church with my family. The most important thing though is I'm a child of the King, who will never leave nor forsake me. This is part of me, in a nutshell. 

Siblings, a bond that nothing can get between.

These are my siblings. Brother, Brother-in-Law, and my Seesstteerr. 

This was this past Christmas season at Callaway Gardens.

Here are my parents.

Sorry, its old. This is making me realize how we never take pictures.


And these fine boys are my adopted brothers, 
along with my actual brother. 

Here is the love of my life, Mr. CBR. =) 

 

Yea, he's pretty amazing. This last picture is from Christmas. He gave me a promise ring that is gorgeous. And I can not leave out his parents, 
who are like my own now. 

These are a few of the awesome youth I teach 
on Wednesday nights. 

Plus a few helpers.

And last but certainly not least, my kitty, Necuh.
(doing what he does best)

So here you are. The first of hopefully many frequent posts
on my brand new blog.