During this past year, I have been blessed in many ways. I have been blessed with spiritual matters, struggles, and many other things, that i believe made 2008 a great year overall. As i recap some things hopefully it well help me just by writing to realize how great my life truly is, and how anything negative can be turned into a positive. I also and going to write what i hope to accomplish in 2009! Lord willing of course.
In January~ I was faced with a very tough decision, whether i should continue to move back and forth every other week between my mom, and dads house. It was a very trying situation that was very difficult, but God gave me the strength to do what was best for me, and to escape from some things that brought my life down. I decided to move in with my mom full time, and i think that truly was the best thing i could do for my life at the time.
February~ i continued to struggle with the decision i had made, but things continually got better
March~ Towards the end My step nephew was born, and i had my senior spring break, but i was sick the whole time so not much of a break, but anyways i was very thankful for his birth.
April~ The beginning of April my great-grandmother passed away during spring break. It was tough but she was getting older so I guess it was just her time to go. Also at the end of the month Kalin (my cousin) turned 2, and i started my first real serious realationship with a really great guy.
May~ I finally graduated from high school :)and i turned 19 on the same day. It was a day of many great emotions.
June~ I worked at Bob Evans for a year, My dad and i went on a vacation to Disney world, and it was the first time we had really done anything together since i had moved out. It was a very nice time, but also helped me realize once again I had moved out for the right reason.
July~ I quit my job at Bob evans, and was offered a babysitting job for during school so i had the rest of the summer off.
August~ I began my first semester of college, and went to the rascal flatts concert.
September~ I was blessed with the opportunity to visit Purdue, and i met a lot of great people and had a very great time.
October~ My boyfriend and i broke up, but i still continued a relationship with him and his family and we are all still friends. They are all very special people to me. I also got to spend some time with his cousins in TN and many great things came from that visit :)
November~ we had one of the best Gospel meeting I have ever attended by David Mcpherson. I grew so much, and it helped me realize that i needed to write a spiritual letter to my dad. Also My friend got baptized and that was very encouraging as well.
December~ I ended the year gaining some great relationships with my church family, and my friends. I finished my first semester of college. I finished my letter.
this year was very profitable and has meant so much. I appreciate all of those who were there for me and helped me through my struggles. I also appreciate those who helped me grow, and realized that no matter what I have been truly blessed
In 2009...
I started the day off by giving my dad the letter...
I hope i can continue to grow, and hope that i can help others, and be trusted among others. I hope that I can move onto to other relationships. I hope that i can read and study my bible daily, and that i will be a good friend, and be true to myself.
God bless you all and i hope you have a great new year!!!!!!! :)
I have come to realize that life aint always beautiful, but it's a beautiful life :) No matter what happens in life God is always there, and even if you don't feel he is, you know based on the blessings given to you. I am so thankful for my friends and if it weren't for them then i don't always know how i would handle things when life is not beautiful. The thing is that life is a beautiful blessing and every blessing branches off to the big picture which is to get to Heaven! I truly believe that without blessings you can't overcome a lot, but when you have God on you side and accept that he is in control, you receive blessings, and those blessings are what helps us keep going and want to truly make it to Heaven. ON the sermon on the mount, it talks about how we should not worry, and if we can stop that and know God is in control life is truly a beautiful not matter what happens.
That being said here is a song i think about sometimes when i'm down because it helps me realize that hardships come and go, but life truly is beautiful because God made it that way! also here are some pics of me and my friends that keeps me going and i believe that they are my blessings to keep me going :)
For some reason, it just didn't feel to much like Christmas this year but it was still pretty good.
It's always nice to be on break from school, and sometimes just chaos from life, even though i am just as busy over break.
I ended up the the semester with a 3.2 or something like that, I have hung out with friends and family which is the best ever!
I got a hair cut
For christmas Eve, i went to my aunt sue's at 1, then at 6 i went to my aunt linda's, then i went to church and went back to my aunt linda's. Then i spent the night at my dad's which i hadn't done in a long time, we had breakfast in the morning. I got to see my grandparents which is always great, and then i stopped by to see my cousin Kalin and what she got for Christmas, and to wish my uncle Tom a happy Birthyday. I ended my Christmas up with my mom, and step siblings. We had fried chicken, mashed potatos, green beans, home made yeast roles, corn, red hot apple sauce, and lots of yummy desserts that evening.
I got lots of nice things, a new sweater from my brother tony, and pajamas from my brother michael and his girlfriend, money from my dad, and grandparents, a new camera from my mom and step dad. some giftcards: mcdonalds, star bucks, and panera bread, a new scarf, shirts, pajamas, and make-up kit from my uncle tom and aunt linda, some coffee mugs and hot choclate, a picture frame from a friend with a funny picture haha, and some lotions and stuff from the farkas family. Over all i got some really nice things :)
I guess it really was a good Holiday, it just started off not feeling like Christmas, I'll add pictures later :)
Heather. Stay strong. You're making me tear up! You ARE good enough. Just sometimes you aren't going to have people who appreciate you when you wish they would. It especially hurts when you're the one in that position. But stay strong, keep studying, and try not to think about it. Come see me whenever if you need to get it off your mind or need to talk. I'm always here! Love you!
