Live and let go!

"Sometimes you have to kiss a few toads in order to find your prince"

Okay so not literally...I'm not going to go around kissing people trying to find "the one" I want to marry and spend the rest of my life with. What it means to me though is that sometimes things just don't work out the way you want them to and with whom you want. If so, you know what worked for you and what didn't and you learn and you grow. I am excited and I am challenged with this new freedom and the things God has in store for me. I don't quite remember the last time I was this excited about "a God thing" as I like to call it. I am thankful!

I have the most amazing "family" that has adopted me and I am so blessed by them!
I am not sure what my life would have turned out like it it weren't for them...Mam especially...(and since I know you are reading this) I want to tell you this, this is what you are for me: You are strong, courageous, humble, trustworthy, compassionate, passionate, kind, loving, and the list could go on for days. I have been so inspired by you and you probably don't even know it. I had never had that strong, God fearing, christian , mother figure in my life till I met you...and boy do I thank God for you. You have gotten me through some of the hardest times in my life...and I know that you would and are always there for me. You challenge me and treat me like one of your own. When I evaluate myself and how far I have come I owe some of it to you.
I just wanted you to know...because I don't think you can say it enough...I love you and I am thankful for you!

Life is good! I still have my ups and downs just like everyone does...but I have a whole new outlook and I am welcoming each one because Jesus said in James that we need to rejoice in our hard time...cause we are building character and we are growing.

I'm inspired and encouraged...so I'll let you know how God is working in my life!

Stay tuned...you're not gonna want to miss it. =)