| daggone it's been a while... well, Ashley and David had their baby (a year ago) Hannah Brooke Hodge (Personally, I still think ANNA is a better name but Hannah is close enough, I suppose). I've been shooting a bunch of weddings and fun events. I got my real estate license & would love to sell you a house. My husband is amazing...as he always has been. XOXO I'm going to Uganda in June. so, yea?! I'm pretty excited about the new year! God is oh so good! |
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| What is the word that comes to mind when a life changing event occurs? I'm waiting patiently by the phone for my life-long friend, Ashley, to call me saying she is on her way to the hospital to bring a new life to the world... a girl. (She's due today). Yet, today is also the day that a beloved realtor in our area was found dead on the side of the road. A successful, 35 year old businessman who will TRULY be missed by all who knew him....including our family. "a time to be born; a time to die" ....sigh...perhaps there are no words that will ever sufice... <>< |
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| I miss all the excitement going on at my parents house....
Apparently, my littlest sister, Christa, who is 8 year old decided to shave her legs.
Not only did she shave her legs, but she shaved her arms also.
She said that she didn't know if she was supposed to, but she did it anyway.
CRACKS ME UP!!! |
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| Bless you, if you read this............
It's interesting how time goes by that you never thought would come. A lot of things have changed and happened this year. Have I changed? Or have others changed? Perhaps both. This year alone 3 of my friends have died at such young ages. Two were overdoses, one a car accident. It seems like the past couple/few years I've had to bury so many of the friends I grew up with. We don't know how much time we have. I want to be something more. I want to be the kind of person people want to see...not turn and look the other way when I pass by. I want my life to shine. Capture moments and forever cherish them. God has taught me a lot about that...but I have much more to learn.
I often think back upon all the summer camps that I have worked at over the years and how they are some of the absolute, greatest moments of my life. The moments that I feel REAL. It amuses me that the times I feel the GREATEST, the SMARTEST, the HAPPIEST is when I'm filthy dirty of mud and reek of campfire smoke. The times I feel like I'm getting into the hearts of kids is when I'm singing at the top of my lungs with them skipping down the road. Moments like that are priceless and sometimes you don't realize it until it's over.
It's amazing that the times you feel the most beautiful is when your hair is matted to your head, you haven't taken a shower in...a FEW days, everyone else smells too, and you're having the time of your life making a child have a summer to remember. I love to be outside. I love to be outside meeting my own challenges and helping others meet theres. i love the innocense of children. I love to see children discover how amazing God is...HE is everywhere. I love how kids see beauty in every situation. Perhaps that is one reason we are to be like children.
For two summers I worked a while at a camp for mentally challenged citizens and disadvantaged kids. I've written so many papers in school about that experience. All A papers. I think that's due to how real it is to me and how close to my heart that I keep it -- not because I'm a good writer. HE is incredible. <><
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| I have a new niece! LEXI HEDGES October 27, 2006 9 lbs. 11 oz. |
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