It's My BIRTHDAY!

I'm 22 today!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day. Eat a piece of cake, chocolate, or some ice-cream for me. 

Take Me Back..

Lord help the people if a Spice Girls song comes on. I am that person in the store who sings along to the tunes and ,sometimes, I may even bust out a jig or two.  { I may have forgotten to tell you I'm the 6th member of SG!}

There is nothing that can take me back like a song.

When I hear any Alanis Morissette, Jewel, Tracy Chapman, Dave Mathews, or Goo Goo Dolls I think of cassettes and family days. Makes me have a warm fuzzy wuzzy feeling. {My ma' has good taste in music}

I can remember things to a T when certain songs come on like the smells, what I was wearing, who I was with, if I was happy or sad, all the emotions come RUSHING back for that 3 and half minutes.

I think thats the closest Ill ever come to time travel.

What songs take you back? What'd you grow up grooving to?

{by the way my students are like "what are cassettes?"-they're about to be schooled!}


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Beauitful Me

I've always been a believer of "Fake it til you Make it". My 22nd birthday is monday and for the FIRST time I like what I see in the mirror. I've spent too much of my life judging myself through someone else's eyes and trying to be someone else instead of being the BEST ME.

Now when I'm looking in the mirror  I don't see flaw after flaw I see a beautiful ME that God spent His precious time molding, creating, and still tweaking. 

I have a big scar on my back from heart surgery that I've always been self conscious about but now I see a miracle. A constant reminder of God's love, grace, and to live life with purpose. 

"Never be ashamed of scars that life has left you with. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed, you endured the pain and God has healed you."

{found quote on Pinterest}

For any lady {or man} out there, you know this is a big AHA moment in life. I feel an overwhelming sense of peace and patience. I know that God isn't finished with me yet, and we're just getting to the good part.