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Overwhelming Emotion...

This has been such an odd year. It has been filled with everything from total joy and complete love to desperation and sadness. We have endured loss, tight finances and excruciating pain. But we have also enjoyed a new miracle baby, countless small blessings and everything in between. We are so very blessed. And in the midst of it all, God was right there. Orchestrating every minute detail and working everything out for our good. It is so much more than I can possibly comprehend.

I finally know what verse God is leading me to for 2011 and I am very excited and scared at the same time. I know that this verse is going to guide me through some personal challenges - and I pray that I am physically up for them. Regardless I know that God is so very good and He wants only to work good out of everything that I must endure each and every day. This doesn't mean that I expect everything to be wonderful and easy, by any means. But I do hope to search for the good, the lessons that God wants me to learn, in each and every circumstance. I want to be open to His will in my life.

We will be striving toward financial independence and doing what is required to get us out of debt will not be easy. The biggest difficulties we will face will be convincing ourselves that convenience is not a reason to "cheat" even when it seems like a good idea and being content with what we have - we do have so very much.

This is all I have time for right now, hopefully next time I post I will have more pictures. Kiddo is an amazing big brother - "B-Bro" we call him. (He's ten years old and "Bubba" was simply not going to work for my child! He needed something "cool". :) He dotes on Peaches day in and day out. He really wants to learn to change diapers - believe it or not - but since we use cloth diapers at home, his opportunities are fairly limited. We're teaching him, though. He talks to her and laughs and plays with her. She loves him beyond what I could have imagined - so much of the time, if she is fussy, all Kiddo has to do is be in her line of sight smiling at her and she just grins and coos at him. My heart is bursting with joy to see him with her...and her with him. Years down the line, when she is dating, those boys are going to have to watch out - if it's not Daddy, it'll be B-Bro. She will be so very secure in knowing that she has wonderful men in her life who want only the best for her.

I hope and pray that your Thanksgiving was wonderful and that you had a few quiet moments to reflect on God's blessings in your own life. Be well as we start out this beautiful Christmas season. Don't forget what the celebration is about...and don't forget that you are such a gift to me. You've prayed me through some difficult times and I hope to do the same for you. If you have a prayer request, feel free to comment and let me know how I can pray for you. Be well, and be blessed...I am. :)

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Beth Herring said…
So thankful that things are going so good for you and your family. I know that your son is a big help with peaches and I look forward to more pictures!
November 30, 2010 at 11:24 PM
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