Lessons from Surgery

Hi Lovers!

So I recently had knee surgery. After coming home for the first time since Wednesday I am reflecting on this experience. I have alot to be thankful for and I have learned alot in the process as well . So what have I learned?

1. Everyone needs help sometimes and it's ok!

I admit...I can be Miss Independent sometimes. OK OK...alot!! I have been single for so long that I have just had to learn how to make things work and take care of myself. I don't like asking for help or accepting help when it's offerred. But when I sat in the doctors's office with my mom and was told I would have to have surgery in order to fix my knee there was not much more than I could do but look at my mom and ask if they would be willing to help me.  You see, I live in a second story apartment and so climbing stairs was not really an option. My parents graciously said they would help take care of me. They set my room up, I had an ice pack delivered to my room in the mornings and my dad even fixed and served me dinner one night.  My precious friends stopped by in shifts to see me and bring me various gifts and just kept me company.  All these things not only helped me in the momment but I now have a new perspective on what being a servant to others looks like.

2. God uses all situations to teach 

Being laid up and not being able to walk more than from the kitchen to the living room without a ton of pain is no fun. But in that time, through my parents and friends, I have a new understanding of what it means to be a servant. I had so many friends come by and bring me a meal or goodies. Some would come over and just visit and keep me company for a while. My parents opened up their house to me and did whatever I needed them to.  I have a new committment to be just a servant hearted as my friends and parents. I only pray I am able to repay them one day.

3. Sometimes you have to be knocked down in order to get up. 

I have not taken the best care of myself both physcially and mentally over the past few years. You don't really know how important something really was to you until it's taken away. I took the ability to get out and exercise for granted until I hurt my knee and physcially couldn't do it. I have a healing period but I will never take the ability to exercise for granted again. As soon as I am cleared to workout again I plan on making that most of it. I don't want get into shape for any particular thing but I want to become healthy again. I realize now that I should have never given up exercising but God sometimes has to smack you in the face and knock you down to open your eyes.


I am so thankful to be home now and to have learned alot from this. I love you to the moon and pray you always learn from your experiences.

XO!!!

Happy New Year!!

Hi Lovers and Happy New Year!!

I can't believe we are finding ourselves in 2016! As I get older the New Year brings a new meaning. When I was younger it meant my birthday was near and countless resolutions I would fail to keep. Now it symbolizes another year with my family and friends and a new year to be a better person. This year my goal is to be healthier...Mind, Body, and Soul.  I am not aiming to lose 100 lbs, or read a book a week, or anything like that. If I can look back at the start of 2017 and say I am healthier than before,...I will have reached my goal. So what is your goal?

I am really looking forward to the new year. Last year brought alot of change for me. I graduated graduate school right before the New Year, started a new job, and was blessed with not one but two amazing vacations over the summer.  I am confident God has a huge plan for my life this year. I know this because as scared as I was to start a new job, in a new city, in a new school it has been the best thing to happen in my life in a really long time. I have no other way to describe how it happened other than it was a God thing. I will share that story later!

I sometimes get down because I am 30 (almost 31) and still single. I feel like people are starting to question why that is. I know that being single is not a death sentence or the worst thing in the world and as a result God has put some of the most amazing girls in my life! I have the best group of girlfriends and we all share the same lot in life.  We laugh, we cry and we celebrate each other. I am not sure where I would be without them. I know God has the perfect plan for me...I see it everyday...and I know a husband is no different. What do I gain from this? Celebrate where you are in life and enjoy it!! Don't worry about the future because God has it under control already!

I hope the New Year brings lots of love and laughter to you!

Here's to a New Year!!

XO!!!