just another day

My sister- in -law is now blogging…give her some blog love! Marcia Medders

This has been a weekend to remember.  I am exhausted.  I did yard work this weekend.  I mean YARD WORK!!  It took two days. We started yesterday after lunch yanking roots, clipping shrubbery, mowing down underbrush..you name it we did it.  I thought I was sore last night.  Tonight I write this blog with crimped hands.  We burned all of the yard trash from yesterday. Not only is my body tired, I have major allergy headaches kicking right now.  The payoff….the payoff is you can actually see my house from the road now.  The drive way is not cluttered with palmettos.  I love it….it looks so much better.  Now off to bed after two Tylenol PM..good sleep!

 These are some of my most recent photos that I have taken.  I just wanted to share them with you.  Some are from Inside Out (youth group at church)

I want to introduce to you someone very important to me.  It’s my brother Kelly.  He has just (as in today) started a blog.  Please give him a warm blog welcome in the next day or two.  www.kellymedders.wordpress.com 

Hey fellow bloggers!  I got my hair cut and colored yesterday.  Here are some scary pictures of it after a long hard day at work!  SCARY!  I look like I stuck my finger in a light socket!  What do you think?

I just finished my last night of Living Well. What a freaking journey! I have spent the last 3 years in a 12 step christian recovery program geared toward emotional healing.  I have learned so much about myself and others.  I have learned that its ok to have boundaries in self care and to actually have self care.  I went into the program in 2005 an emotional wreck.  I had no idea who I was in Christ or that I even had an identity outside of the things that I can do.  Learning service in the process has been astounding. I am looking forward to my next step.  I know that the Lord has a call on my life in aiding in the healing and restoration of the broken hearted, extending the same tools and grace that the Lord has extended to me through this process.  I have so many things rolling around in my head of how that looks.  I have such big dreams, and I want to jump in feet first.  However, I have learned that I am only called to do the next right thing.  For me, the next right thing is being obedient and waiting.  Waiting on the Lord to give me the next step but being in preparation searching hard after Him.  I know that I still have so much more to learn and mature.  The Lord has been gracious to me to extend this gift to me of Living Well.  Please pray for me when you think of me that I will have revelation.  The kind of revelation that leads to my next step.  I have ideas, just not a definite.  

To all my faithful readers..all two of you.  I have been uber busy lately so I haven’t been able to write much.  I am brewing a blog as we speak so I shall return shortly!

When someone says communication is the key to all heathy relationships please listen.  They are like a wise old owl.  They know their stuff.  I have some very very close girlfriends that I believe have healthy communication.  With that being said, we SUCK at really telling the truth and being clear in our communication.  Just when you think you know how to say what you really mean, its misunderstood or taken out of context or even better yet not communicated at all.  Over the past few days, I have had some pretty tough bouts with these girls.  There has been some hurt feelings, misunderstandings, anger, bad language, and if you can think of anything else that could go wrong please insert here happen in our conversations.  I wonder when Jesus said your tongue is like the rudder of a ship what He really meant by this statement in James.  My thoughts tend to come out too quickly are are not seasoned as they should be.  I am at fault for some poor communication.  But( I love buts inserted in blogs), I will say that the poor communication did produce good fruit.  These misunderstandings and hurts were dealt with in an appropriate manner spurring growth.  I love it.  What was meant for evil was used for good.  Growth seems to the common denominator in life these days.  What a great theme.  Without this growth I would become stale and not produce any fruit. Thank you Jesus for this safe place to learn.

Spring is definitely here and I am loving it on Saint Simons Island.  I love working in the yard.  Today was one of the first days I have been able to cut the grass, burn some leaves, a put a touch of spring on our front porch.  My awesome room mate and I worked out side today.  We are BEAT!  I love it however…let’s just say the shoulder and back are a little overwhelmed!  Spring has SPRUNG!