A favorite Book

Well this is not hard. I adore reading!!! I read every single night..no matter how tired I am and even if I only read a sentence I will open my book and read. So a favorite book...I think it would have to be Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. It depicts the life of a woman who gets sold into prostitution as a child and the struggles she goes through after she is essentially bought by a man to be his wife. Though his reasons for ''buying'' her have nothing to do with what you might be imagining. But because he feels the Lord telling him that this is the woman he has chosen for him. She rebels against him as her husband, runs away multiple times, and is angry and bitter. It is an amazing story about how the love of God can overcome so many struggles and pain...how He loves us no matter where weve been or the poor decisions we might make. Every single time I read it I want to start over again.

Down in the Valley

We were so excited not 3 weeks ago..I was preggers!!!! Barely a week had passed and I started to bleed. It seemed like spotting..but it was bright. All very scary.. to see blood. After a very long long 2 wks and many blood draws it was confirmed that I had in fact miscarried. Such a roller coaster! One day I would think I was doing ok..the next I was a wreck imagining it was all over. There definitely is something to be said about truth. Truth does set you free!

I grieved for a couple of days..and though I am still waiting for it all to be over with..I have peace. Knowing the truth has allowed me to stop worrying, to focus on my family more, to stop being so self focused. It allowed me to release this baby into Jesus' safe keeping.

It is so amazing how we can love so quickly something that cannot even be seen, heard, or felt. But  the moment that pregnancy test says positive..you are absolutely in love with the wee baby growing inside of you. How amazing is the gift God has given us..to create life. How much more must he love us as he has created each and every one of us.

Though the past few weeks have been rough. My faith has seen me through. God has amazing plans for me, whatever they may be. I trust that implicitly! He has blessed me with a wonderful husband, three beautiful children, a home, wonderful friends, and family.

Though this baby did not make it...I praise Jesus amidst my sadness. This song by Caedmons Call says it perfectly! Click here to hear it.

3. A Favorite TV program

Well I have shows I like to watch..but nothing compares to real life medical shows. I love to watch anything on Discovery Health!!! It is all so fascinating to me..from the medical emergencies in the ER to the programs about women and pregnancy to strange but real stories about people who have overcome massive injury or are born with diseases. I wanted to be a nurse..and would still want to be if it were not for the risk. When I started nursing at the Bellingham Tech. I did great at first....until the day I had to sign the paperwork saying that I would not sue the school if I were stuck with a needle and got a disease...ummm well..no. I could not even imagine! Part was all I had ever seen in my future was having a family. Marriage and Babies! I felt I was putting it all at risk!
So I do not have DHC and can no longer spend my down time watching surgeries, broken limbs, blood..lol..but if I could..yep I would. I would live vicariously through those that are willing to take the risk that I am unwilling to make. :)

2. A Favorite Movie

Hmmmm this is a hard one for me. I like movies..but I dont care all that much about them. I love Youve Got Mail..but I dont know if I can say its my favorite..I also love Gone with the Wind, and Meet me in St. Louis, and many other movies. I dont watch movies that often though. If I have to say explicitly what my favorite is....its Youve Got Mail. It makes me think of fall..and I love fall. 

"Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address" 

I have a favorite flaw in the movie as well..when they go to the cocktail party..Joe Fox looks over and sees Kathleen Kelly..she is supposedly talking with a group of people and is pretending to talk...but you can see it and you can hear it that what she is actually saying is "fox fox fox.." Next time you watch it you have to find it..it makes me laugh every time..its so obvious! :)