Always a Bridesmaid…Never a Bride

One of my old friends from high school said that to me last year….I have to admit that I got pretty heated when she said that. When she said that, it made me feel like I was incomplete by not having a husband. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to get married some day…but I am content right now just being solo.

I have been in so many weddings….Let’s see...countless times when I was a little girl, I was always asked to be the Flower Girl. Since high school, I have been in Melissa’s wedding, Edythe’s wedding, Chelle’s wedding, Melissa’s second wedding, Mary Beth’s wedding, Kevin’s wedding as an honorary bridesmaid, Eric’s wedding as a greeter, and my brother, Dale’s wedding. I was asked to be in my cousin, Anna’s wedding, but I could not commit, because I was going to be in Texas. On August 2nd, I will be in my best friend, Chara’s wedding. I cannot wait!!! I am so excited for her and Nate.

I started to think about what each person means to me, and I am so happy that I could be a part of their special day. I am happy to have been in so many weddings. I am so thankful for each of these people in my life. Hopefully one day they can be a part of my special day.

So…right now…I am happy with, Always being the Bridesmaid, and Never the Bride!

You Were There

Songs speak to me. One song in particular that has stood out over the past few months is Avalon’s, “You Were There.” This just lays it all out…even though we don’t know why certain things happen; He knows….in the end that is all that matters. He is just asking for us to be obedient to Him. Below are the lyrics:

I wonder how it must have felt
When David stood to face Goliath on a hill
I imagine that he shook with all his might
Until You took his hand, and held on tight

'Cause You were there, You were there
In the midst of danger's snare
You were there, You were there always
You were there when the hardest fight
Seemed so out of reach
Oh, You were there, You were always there
You were always there

So there he stood upon that hill
Abraham with knife in hand was poised to kill
But God in all his sovereignty had bigger plans
And just in time, You brought a lamb

'Cause You were there,
You were there
In the midst of the unclear
You were there, you were there always
You were there when obedience
Seemed to not make sense
You were there, You were always there
You were always there

So haven't I learned that my ways
Aren't as high as Yours are
And You alone keep the universe
From crumbling into dust
You are God and though we would
Not have understood You
There You were

Hanging blameless on a cross
You would rather die than leave us in the dark
Every moment, every planned coincidence
Just all makes sense
With Your last breath

You were there, You were there
During history's darkest hour
You were there, You were there always
You were the Victor and the King
You were the power in David's swing
You were the calm in Abraham
You are the God who understands
You are the strength when we have none
You are the living, Holy one
You were, You are and You will always be
the Risen Lamb of God

You were, You are and You will always be
The Risen Lamb of God

Miss Clean

Have you ever been in the mood to clean? On rare occasions I get the urge to totally clean things up. So, on Sunday afternoon, I start washing all of my clothes, I cleaned my bathroom and my roommates….I am talking about wiping down the walls, sweeping floors, everything from taking the glass globes off the light in the living room and washing them. I talked to my mother on Sunday night, and she said, “Why don’t you ever get the urge to do that when you visit us?” Like I said it was a rare occasion.

Well, I will make this one short and sweet….and go home and clean some more.

Break-ins, Wrecks, Not boring at all.....

Yes…it is 6:00 in the morning on a Saturday, and I am writing a new post. I woke up this morning at 5:00, and I could not go back to sleep, so I thought I would write.

I work at a local church in the Columbia area, and if people think that working at a church is boring it is not. This week has been crazy. When I came in on Monday, apparently there was a break in over in the gym. Someone broke in about 5:30 that morning. Nothing was taken. Then on Thursday, there was an awful wreck that happened in the parking lot of the church. At the church were I work, it is built going down a hill, and we have an upper parking lot and a lower parking lot. Apparently this guy was teaching his 17 year old daughter how to drive. Well, she was attempting to Parallel Park, and she was going to back up but forgot to put the car in reverse. She laid down on the gas and over the embankment they went and landed in the lower parking lot, upside down. God was with that father and daughter. They landed upside down; the cab of the truck was completely crushed.

Needless to say that reminded me of another accident that I actually saw happen when I worked at First Baptist in Kershaw. The pastor, another youth pastor, and I were leaving the church to attend a conference in Columbia, when we were crossing the street a lady pulled out in front of a truck. It scared me to death. I do not do well in those kinds of situations. We called 911, and help the lady out of the car. Everyone was ok; she just had a few cuts from the glass. I took her to the restroom and bandage her up.

Well, I think that my burst of morning energy is leaving me, so I am going to try to go to sleep.

What a Rough Life!

This is one of my favorite pictures that I took at the beach!!!

It is of the Birthday Boy and his first grandbaby.

Just one more day...PLEASE!!!

Have you ever come back from vacation and feel like you need to take another day of vacation just to recoup from your vacation? After last week I feel like I need to do that.

Yesterday morning I had to make myself get up at 7:15 AM and be ready to leave my house by 8:00 AM. If you know me and you know how long it takes me to get ready to go somewhere you would totally understand. My roommates laugh at me, because I have this process of getting ready. First get up, get my clothes together for the day, and then jump in the shower. After that eat some breakfast while watching the “Today Show” (I start watching that show and get wrapped up in whatever they are doing and it takes me longer to eat my breakfast.). Then I do my hair and makeup, and then I am out the door. Well, yesterday morning there was no breakfast or watching the Today Show. I had to kick it into high gear….and I did not leave my house by 8:00…it was more like 8:10. Ten minutes makes a huge difference when driving from Lexington to Columbia.

I have got to get my body back on a schedule….a schedule of when to go to bed and when to wake up and get moving. For about a year now I have trouble falling asleep. I have tried everything from reading to washing my sheets in that Lavender Vanilla detergent. Nothing seems to help. Got any suggestions?

I know that I will have to be on a schedule once my classes start at Columbia International University this fall. Taking 10 hours and working 30 hours, I will have to be on top of things. We will have to see how it all works out…

Ocean Lakes Golf Cart Parade

Here is my niece, AJ before the parade.

The twins in our family, Keaton and Kelsie.

Here is my little cousin, Grant...He is a mess!!!

I am trying to post some video of the golf cart parade, but I am having some trouble. I will try to get it up ASAP.

More pics from the beach....

As promised, here are some more pics from yesterday. This is my brother, Dale, his wife, Tiffany, and my niece, AJ.

This is my mom and AJ at the ocean.

Well, I hope you all have a great 4th!!! Tomorrow is the famous golf cart parade. I will try to get some video and pictures up tomorrow night from that HUGE event.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my DAD!!! Today he turned 70!! He does not look like he is that old, but sometimes he acts like it!!! Just kidding Daddy….well, maybe not.

We started things off today, with a great breakfast and then headed out to the ocean. Below is the little beach bum all ready to go in her strawberry swimsuit. Isn’t she cute!!!

Well, I am currently having problems uploading pictures, but hopefully tomorrow I can get some more up.