This Good Life

So I must say: I love church.  Well I love church for many many reasons...but more than anything, it's a spiritual food for me.  Not that I don't "feed" spiritually everyday, because I do try to.  But Sundays are set-aside times available for us to embrace after a long week in God's field, among God's people.  Being a light in a progressively dark world is draining and that uplifting event each week is not just a "thing to do" or "item to check off".  Rather, it's an essential need that we have.  It boils down to the essential reason we were made--to have an intimate relationship with the Lord, our Maker.  And when you go to church, you are surrounded by people who have a relationship with the Lord as well...it's kinda like when you are introduced to a friend by another friend.  You can almost immediately become friends right off the bat because there is a connection there--you have a mutual friend who you both care for.  A commo...

Well, who would have ever thought I'd finally start a blog! I didn't think I'd ever give in to the masses; however now that I'm doing it, I regret all the other times I haven't and all the trips I've taken where I didn't do such. So. Here. I. Go ! First of all, a lot of changes have commenced in my recent life that I'll go ahead and hit on...as most of you know, my precious dog Baxter was tragically run over by a car and he died. This was hard for me because, although he may or may not have been a little rowdy and hard to handle, he was my baby and I loved how unique he was! He was precious. But I don't want to dwell on that...rather, the recent change that is impacted by Baxter's passing is a new dog. Thanks, Mom & Dad! She's about 9 weeks old right now and her name is Macy. She's alot calmer than Baxter ever was ;) but I think they would have gotten along great. Baxter looked like Yoda and Macy looks like an Ewok--so I'm prett...