This Good Life

I struggle with New Years resolutions... when I have tried them, I usually fail pretty fantastically after a few weeks of hard work. So my go-to disposition is not to have them at all.  Reset buttons are beautiful, needed, sometimes clouded with nostalgia, and I AM grateful for them.  However, culturally-pressured  resolutions end up making me feel like a stagnant disappointment. But this year is a little different!  I'm not making any resolutions yet again... but I DO have plans in mind.  I have ideas for next year, trips to firm up, desires for who I want to be and become.  Those things embody my own  vision for myself.  And may 2018 not only epitomize them, but make them a way of living. _________________________________________________________________________________ M y  2 0 1 8  V i s i o n  B o a r d more love, less fear. more reading, less scrolling.  more social, less media.  more community, less ...

"Grief never ends... But it changes. It's a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness. nor a lack of faith... It is the price of love." When Mom got sick, we created a website to track her progress and our emotions and thoughts.  Unfortunately, that website had to be permanently moved.  I couldn't retrieve a lot of the precious comments that people wrote to us via the website throughout those two years, however, I DID recover most of the text and blog posts which were written along the way... the words of reflection, sadness, and joy that we carried throughout the journey...  Judy's Journey .   I want to  hold on  to that journey.  Not to cling to it in a way where I live in the past.  But in a way to where I  won't forget  both the heartache and the beauty.  Where I won't forget the ever-present spirit of the Lord or the challenges of that time....

The night after Blu's pinning ceremony, we got to celebrate some more!  We rented out Palace Coffee downtown and had a BLAST with so many people we love.  Thank you to everyone who came gave a hug and those who came, stayed and hung out!  We feel loved and blessed and I think Blu feels very celebrated. :)  So fun!  

When Blu and I met, he had dreams of entering the medical field. After working in a hospital in Midland and getting to know the industry better that way, he confirmed in his heart that he would indeed start down the path of nursing school.  Then we got engaged.  Blu was working on specific prerequisites in order to get into nursing school.  Then we got married.  Blu was full-time in the midst of nursing school when we had a wedding, a Crescent Moon, and showers of blessings!  If anyone knows anything about nursing school, then you know that it's TOUGH.  It requires a lot of brain power due to a LOT of information, as well as a lot of TIME.  Over the past couple of years, Blu has graciously juggled his social tendencies, the expectations of his wife, Xander's needs, church and youth group involvement, and last but not least, school.  He's been amazing! And last night we got to witness the final milestone of his nursing school career via his pinni...