Top 4 Things I've Learned This Summer!

I've had a pretty good summer. It was a summer of clarity for me in many ways. The most important being my relationship with God. It has grown so much and it will continue to grow leaps and bounds from this point on. I am no longer lukewarm! So here is what I learned this summer, some of it was new but most of it was a refresher course in what I already knew but sometimes have a tendency to forget...I am one blessed girl! While many people do a Top 10 or a Top 5, I have a Top 4 and that's just enough for me!

4. Babysitting is fun and kids really do say the darnedest things! But, I'll probably be hanging that hat up next summer. I've been promising Dougie-Do (to those who don't know, that's what I call my Daddy) I'd go on a trip with him, so we'll be headed to D.C., Jamestown, Williamsburg, and other obscure places that only he could find on a map, for a couple of weeks and then I plan on playing with the left over time. I've never really gotten to play during the summer due to being in summer school or working, so I think next summer I shall!

3. I have the best girls in the world and I am so blessed to have them in my life! We have so much fun when we are together and laugh nonstop. Sometimes we can be a lot to handle, but oh my the fun times we've had. I know that I can call on them whenever I need them and they will be there for me and vice versa. We had the most amazing beach trip this year. It was the most fun, relaxing time and none of us wanted to leave. Can't wait until next year's trip. And that's nonfiction!

All of us!

B, A1, MB and Tiff


Oldies and Goodies - Me, LL, Lori and Andrea


College Buds - Joy, Me, Kayte and Leslie


Me and Tiffany

2. I have the best family a girl could ask for! I'm so thankful for my Mama and Daddy and for Brad...my best big bro! God really knew what he was doing when he put all of us together :)


The Fam!

1. God is Great! He has spoken to me so much this summer and called me on a lot of my "stuff" and boy did I need it! In the words of a Chris Tomlin song that I love, love, love "my chains are gone, I've been set free." I thank Heather Mays so much for leading the Summer Siesta study on Me, Myself and Lies by Jennifer Rothschild. It came along at a time when I was really struggling with the jumbled up mess of thoughts in my head. Gals if you have a Thought Closest full of "stinkin' thinkin'" this study is for you. It has helped me gain so much insight into why I am the way I am and why I think the way I think. While it is sometimes super hard to confront your "stuff" it is, however, necessary. I finally realize that "who I am and what I struggle with are not the same thing."(Me, Myself and Lies by Jennifer Rothschild) It has taken many years, lots of tears, and a lot of prayer to get to this point.


Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

I know I promised not to get too philosophical on here, but every now and then a girl has to talk about her blessings.