stories of a real life wonder woman

Sorry I'm posting a bit later in the day - we had a wedding shower to go to today for my sister and brother-in-law. If you want to hear about them - I will talk about Ashley and Spencer next week after they are married.  I've unsuccessfully tried to post about this next thing before so here we go again. I am thankful for my home church. I get that we need to make changes and that we are not perfect. Sometimes we do things that make no sense to me but I have always figured all churches and churchgoers will have times like that. But there are a lot of people in my church that support me and my family that I am so grateful for. People that I am proud to have in my life that I look up to for guidance and support possibly more than they think. And without naming names I want to share sort of what they've done and/or who they are in my life because I think everyone needs these kinds of people in their lives. People like my other grandparents who love me as if I was one of t...

It been a bit of a quiet week. Not much going on at my place. One of the things I have been doing is finally working on my t-shirt quilt that I started in maybe high school - which is when I first cut up the shirts for it. I already have a lot done and I am telling myself that I want to have it done by BOND. I am looking forward to the hand sewing because I do enjoy that even though it will take some time. But I feel like if I post something on here then I will be more likely to get it done cause I want to be able to celebrate finishing that on here. As you know I have been searching for a job and I think others may be more anxious about it than me. See I only start to worry about a job when I am around other people who are asking me a ton of things. Otherwise I am looking during the week and not seeing anything I want. Mainly because I don't want to be in Chicago and I need a full time job with benefits. Also because I get that I just finished school and most people don'...

So as I am sure you've heard Robin Williams died this week. I felt I had to post a quick something because my brother, sister, and I watched Mrs. Doubtfire a million times when we were growing up. So I thought I would post this cause it made me laugh and cry like Robin did. If you don't understand what Jimmy does at the end I highly recommend watching the movie Dead Poets Society. It is one of my favorite movies. It is a movie that constantly reminds me how much I love the English language and the written word. The first time I watched it was during my year of remembering that I actually enjoyed writing. This movie along with a certain teacher played a big role in me writing again. It does have some parts that are not suitable for children and it is one of around five movies that make me cry. So it is sad - which is a forewarning that I forgot to give to my brother Gar when we were watching the movie during our Robin Williams marathon. Anyway this little snippet here is m...

Gosh ya'll I am so happy I am done - completely done - with my masters. All I have to do is wait for my diploma to come in the mail. It's a pretty great feeling to be done. And no I have not found a job yet. I am at the moment being very selective on purpose. I need a job that is full time with benefits and I am not moving out of town for anything less. Sure that limits me but I have to believe that God will provide. Also, I have to be patient. Patience has always been hard for me to learn. I have not mastered that fruit of the spirit. I've never been good at waiting.  Every now and then I write a blog titled Dear Future Self because I need to remind myself of truths I want to hold onto or ways I want to change cause sometimes I forget that growth takes time. As always I have to remind myself to expect good things. I start to get impatient, I doubt God's plan for me, and I forget all the good he has done for me. So I have to remind myself to wait because good things...

First - I want to say that I am excited because I have one assignment and two classes left until I am done with my masters. So by Tuesday after 4 I will be done! Pretty exciting stuff. I am sure I will post a picture of my diploma when it comes in the mail. Though I am excited about being done I am also nervous about finding a job. I know there are jobs out there because the job lists I have looked at add around five jobs or more a day (just in the library field) and my friends in school with me are getting jobs. I just am a bit picky - like I don't want to be Chicago and I would kind of like to stay in IL so I can keep my doctor. That has been a bit nerve wracking for me. So if you think of it shoot up a prayer for me on my job search. My most recent dream in that department has been getting a job in a hospital library and being able to do different programs for the patients there - specifically a children's hospital because I understand how boring it can be to be in the hos...