A dear friend sent me this email today. She knows me well. She knows the beating that 2009 gave us. She cares No matter how badly last year treated you, just walk tall with your head held high. This is a brand new year, baby! Yeah, it may have just been a forward but it was a funny one...

I have restarted this sentence no less than five times. I want to write here. I want to talk about the amazing things that God is finally opening my eyes of understanding to and yet, where do I even begin? He has shown me so much truth over the last few months. I’ve talked for endless hours on the phone with my sister and other dear friends (who know well how much I dislike the phone) but it seems so hard to put words to page here...

In Wisconsin, while there were many, many deer, they usually kept hidden. On several occasions, I’d see them far off in the distance in a farmer’s field while driving. They stayed far enough away from human activity that seeing them was exciting. Hitting them with the car late at night on a cold, icy road was exciting too. Not that I’d actually know. They are shy in Wisconsin and fast too. If you came near them, and when I...

Today is Saturday and according to our Realtor’s original plan we were supposed to close on the house yesterday. The thing is, we still have not been told of an appointment time, worse, we have no firm commitment for even a particular date of closing. Someone has to have dropped the ball and now I’m just praying we will close on the house next week. Drats! Drats! Drats!! I so wanted the extra time this upcoming long weekend...