this precious life.

a few weeks ago, on what i thought was going to be just another ordinary friday workday, i got the biggest surprise of my life! you see, the last 6 months have been full of learning to trust and be content. trusting that brian is working and preparing for seasons to come and learning to be content with where the Lord has us. because of this & other dynamics, i was not expecting a proposal for at least another month or two! though b & i hadn't talked about engagement timeline since the spring, i knew he was working towards sometime this fall. and then in august we both had major car troubles and pretty major financial set backs so i was sure that anything he had been working towards was pushed back a while. little did i know that he had been working and preparing so many things for a very special september first and everything was right on track as planned! i woke up that morning knowing that i had a really busy day but little did i know that most of my "plan...

liss is getting married!!!!! ahhhhh! beyond thrilled about this! just over a year ago she & i were co-hosting and attending bridal showers & bachelorette parties together for dear friends and now its her turn to be celebrated! sarah & i were so thankful for the opportunity to spend a weekend doing just that and on saturday we gathered with the women who have poured into & loved liss so well since she moved to california. sarah did a phenomenal job hosting the shower and we spent time affirming liss, speaking words of wisdom & praying over her & caleb as they prepare to enter this new season of life!  i know i've said this before but i'm blown away at the sweet affirmation that comes from praying about something for so long and then seeing the Lord bring it about in His perfect timing. that's not to overlook the heartache, struggles, frustrations & doubt that were part of the process, but it's such a good reminder of how well He cares for...