Very excited to finally have a chance to announce that our baby girl, Celeste Monreal, arrived on Nov. 16, 2011 at 5:14p. Baby Celeste weighed a healthy 7 lb 11 oz and measured 20 1/2 inches, she definitely got her height from her daddy! As you can imagine the last two weeks have been filled… Continue reading Heavenly Gift
I’ve been thinking about a few people who are very dear to my heart and who have been going through considerable troubles and obstacles in their lives recently. One of them even asked at one point why bad things happen to good people and the comment made me think about the discussion our small group… Continue reading Getting Past Obstacles
Well here I am starting my 39th week in my pregnancy! I never imagined I would get this far. This just goes to show how little is in our control and why it’s best to just trust in God and your body. Seriously back when I was in my 34th week I was just praying to make it… Continue reading I’m A Ticking Time Bomb
A friend of mine posted this on FB today and I thought what a beautiful thing to share and pass along. Enjoy!
Not too long ago I wrote in a post that there are so many blessings in my life that I’m thankful to God for and also that I had this feeling there is something more that God created me to be but I haven’t quite figured it all out yet because it’s a growing process. Then I heard at our Church that… Continue reading “The Me I Want To Be”
I had two really neat encounters with complete strangers this week and it made me think about my experience with strangers as I was growing up. Of my brother and I, I remember being the shy and introverted girl while my brother was always the one striking up conversations with strangers, as in literally like by… Continue reading Friendly Encounters
It’s interesting how change and flexibility work and how we process and accept it in our minds. How depending on what the situation is, you either openly accept change and embrace flexibility or you let yourself get frustrated by it. As I logged in to wordpress I noticed that a few changes had been made to it… Continue reading Embracing Flexibility
Sometimes I get a little antsy or anxious and I find that when I write it’s like this current passes through me and the feelings spill through my fingers with each word that I create and clarity always seems to follow. My thoughts are a jumble right now so bear with me… Today I start my 32nd week in… Continue reading Relief
When I was in High School I had this vision of graduating from college with a degree in English at age 22 and then of course meeting the love of my life and getting married by age 24 and having my first child within a couple of years of that. Little did I know then that non… Continue reading At 36, I’m ready for each new adventure
Has it really been that long since I last posted? I mean this can’t be right and there must have been a glitch on my blog or something, but deep down I know there has been no crazy glitch in my blog and I actually have not posted something between July 27 and today. Yesterday when I got off work… Continue reading Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder & Random Ramblings
Purse Meets Diaper Bag 