Oh my it has been an extremely LONG time since my last post! In the past four months several things have happened in my life.......
* My sweet Daddy faced a very scary health problem. After going to the hospital with shortness of breath and chest pain, we found out that 90% of his main artery was blocked. After a long test the doctor placed a stint in his artery and he was kept in the CICU over night. I have to admit, I never knew I could be that scared. I've never seen my mother so scared and I'm so thankful Alica and Aaron were there with us. Aaron was our rock. He calmed us, explained things to us, and hugged us. During this time, I spent alot of time in prayer and God reminded me that He is always good and always holds us in scary times. I was going through the book of Pslams in my time with God and as I looked back over those passages I was comforted...God is my Provider, my Strength, my Shield, my Fortress,..and so on. I'm so thankful that my God carries us and uses these situations in our lives to make us more like Him. Well, after completely changing our eating habbits, I am now cooking out of a Diabetic cookbook and Pop has lost 20 lbs! I'm so proud of him and he is doing great! He had his last Doctor's apt last week and the Doctor is very pleased :)
*Mike came to visit in March and it was so great to see him! He came for the whole week of my "spring break" (for those of you who don't know, that's the BJU week of preaching that they tell us is our "spring break") I miss him everyday..
* I survived the last dreaded weeks of classes...one week I had 4 tests, a final exam, a term paper, and two presentations...by the end of that week I couldn't remember my name and I was snorting caffeine..haha just kidding! But I was extremely tired.
* Graduation day was amazing!!!! I couldn't believe that four years of so much studying and writing papers and learning chinese (yes, I'm still wondering how I survived those two yrs of learning that language) and giving presentations..it was all over. My sister, Aaron, Mike, my parents, and his parents were all there for the ceremony and I'm so thankful thankful they came! As I walked across the platform and shook the President's hand he said, "Nice gum!" For those of you who know me you know that when I'm nervous and I'm chewing gum I tend to chew very fast....yeah, not my finest moment. But then I was handed my diploma (actually it was the diploma holder) and I couldn't believe that I had done it! I walked back to my seat and saw my family waving at me and all I could think was I hoped I made them proud. It was such a great day and I'm so thankful that I had the opportunity to go to college and get a degree.
* After graduation I spent over a week in PA with Mike and his family. It was so great to just relax and spend time with my best friend. We went to the Bellville sale and got whoopie pies (for those of you who haven't had one of those, they will change your life...amazing!) And saw the Amish. We spent time with family and enjoyed date nights. It was wonderful to be with him, but so hard to say good bye.
* Now I'm job hunting and I hate it..but hopefully something will come up soon!
We've moved!!
12 years ago
