Life as I know it

It's been so long since I've posted and so much has changed for me in my life. Some of you may already know that in the end of the summer, we lost our home to foreclosure due to the divorce. Mom, the kids, and I all moved to an apartment in Owings Mills and started a new chapter in our lives. We quickly settled into our humble new home and are very comfortable and content with the space we now have. We are able to find small joys in the things that are no longer our responsibility since we no longer have a house...such as no lawn mowing or shoveling!! Hey, you have to find the sunshine through the rain, right?

Shortly after moving, I started a new job working for Kennedy Krieger as a Special Education Teacher. I have a classroom of 6 students with severe autism and I absolutely love it. Working with such a great team of professionals is the kind of job I have wanted for years. I waited 10 years in the field of education to find this job and finally am settling in. It's a daily challenge, but the kind that I love to have! In addition to loving the job, I love my hours. I work from 7:30-3:30 so I am able to pick my kids up from day care at a decent hour and have every night with them. The evenings are such a treasure for me to now have and I am so grateful for this big change.

Simon has thrilled and amazed us all by being potty trained at the age of 2 and a half....in only one week! He tackled the task like a champ and made my life officially diaper free!!

Spiritually, I have faced some challenges. I long to have that passion and fire that I always had for the Lord....yet it has dwindled some with the challenging year. I am looking for a new church home and desire to get settled into a bible study so that I may have fellowship with other believers. Right now, that is something that is hard for me to find as I transition from my old life to my new life as single mom. Prayers would be greatly appreciated as I'm sure you can tell even my writing has changed some. What is typically my faith lessons or witnessing, has turned into a simple account of how life is for me. I need a match to light my fire again....just haven't quite found it yet. I know in time it will return....however I just need to be patient and trust in Him. Thank you in advance for the prayers....I need as much as I can get to find that passion that once drove my heart.

As I closed out this writing and posted it to the blog, the song "Who am I?" was playing on my page. My four year old came over and started singing along with it with a big grin on her face. It made me realize something. No matter how much time goes by, no matter how much hurt we face, God remains. I remain the same person today that I was a year ago before this whole battle began. It's up to me to have faith as a CHILD, letting go of what is behind and striving for the future with the Savior that has gotten me through it all. As the song reminded me, "Still You hear me when I'm calling, Lord you catch me when I'm falling, and you told me who I am, I AM YOURS" Praise God for the faith of a child to bring me to my knees. Listen to the song! You'll be touched as I was!