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It’s Friday, Friday! Gotta get down on Friday! Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend! Now that I have that song stuck in your head ( you’re welcome!) I thought I’d share a few of my favorite things from this week … Continue reading
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I had my very own Sarah Jessica Parker moment this morning…. No I didn’t teeter to work in Loubitins…. or wear a fabulous fascinator during my commute. Instead, I stood at the crosswalk waiting to enter work, full of hope … Continue reading
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The video above is proof of how wonderful life is with friends. I was chatting with a good friend today and telling her all my woes and she sent me this song. Just a little pick me up in the … Continue reading
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Hi! Let’s be friends again… m’kay? I know I promised to be there for you…. and then I wasn’t. I know that makes me a bad friend. I’m sorry. It’s been one heck of a roller coaster ride. Just let … Continue reading
It’s a sparkly nails kind of day. Have a great weekend!
My incredibly amazing and talented friend Jacks of John Jacks| Photographie captured the following images from my birthday party! He truly is an artist and I was totally overwhelmed going through all of these pictures. Hope you enjoy!
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Now back to our regular programming… and by that.. I mean I’ll probably post about something random in a week or six… sorry! turning 30 hasn’t made me procrastinate any less.
I am loving being Thirty! No, unfortunately the wisdom of the ages was not downloaded the moment I turned thirty… but this year marked one of the most fun and special birthdays of my life!
This greeted me when I started my day…
I never want to look at a mirror that doesn’t have lipstick on it again!
and this greeted me in the evening…
Never mind the ominous figure in the door… it’s a friend!
Let me just tell you… I have THE best friends in the whole world. It was as if everything I love was in one place.
No need to act “mature” and grown up as thirty might suggest, our house was the very picture of pink, glitter and sparkles! I loved every minute of it!
The food was amazing! We have some very talented chefs in our midst…
They had all my favorite things… Plantain… yum!
They even found my favorite drink… it’s called Ting and it’s grapefruit soda…. I used to drink it in St. Vincent… so special!
There was a boy band performance! Cah-razy! You can see it here. Also, a wonderful and incredibly thoughtful video compilation of wishes from friends literally around the world. Needless to say, I bawled my eyes out.
They even wrote me a million notes. I’ve been reading and re-reading them over the past month. Often times in awe at how blessed I am to have so many incredible people in my world.
Throughout the evening and several times since my birthday, I have had people say to me, “Wow! You are really loved!” Honestly, I can’t deny it. (which is a first for me) It blows my mind too. I have been blessed beyond belief and I don’t even know what to do about it.
I think the line in the photo above really sums up how I feel about my birthday and what I’m looking forward to most in this 30th year.
“So much love it’s actually ridiculous!”
p.s. Professional photos coming soon (they’re uh-mazing!)
I’ve noticed a pattern with myself. When life gets crazy and I find myself falling under my circumstances, instead of rising above them… I stop posting.
I guess I took it to heart when my mother said “If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything.“
The truth is, though, I have a lot of good things to say. This past month has been full of wonderful moments, beautiful people and love. It’s just that I’ve found myself busy and at times at a loss for why some things happen and why some things don’t. It’s easy to get caught on the merry-go-round of life and feel stuck and maybe just a little bit hopeless.
So what do you do when things don’t make sense?
You can drive yourself crazy with the “whys”… trust me, I know. I’ll never forget what a good friend told me when they were going through an incredibly difficult time. You see, they miscarried their first baby. A baby they had been praying for, waiting for and were already in love with. Nothing seems quite so unfair. It was heartbreaking and yet, in the midst of a season that did not make sense they stood up and said something that has stayed with me.
” When nothing seems to make sense, we fall back on what we know to be true and what we know is that God is faithful, that He loves us and even in this difficulty He has not left us.”
They had a bottom line. There bottom line wasn’t something that they happened upon overnight. It wasn’t based on their emotions. It was based on the truth of what they’d seen God do in their lives time and time again.
Sometimes things in life don’t make sense (actually it might be more often than not) but I’ve decided that I can’t live in a constant state of confusion and disappointment because life isn’t what I want. I have to have a bottom line to fall back on. I have to look back and realize that yes, even in the midst of difficult times, I’ve never been alone. God has always been faithfully with me. Sometimes speaking and sometimes not. He’s always been working out things for my good and He always fulfills His promises.
So, what’s your bottom line in life?
I’m still in the midst of birthday weekend madness…. I’ve got to tell you, so far I am LOVING my thirties! Part of the reason might be this little tidbit from my birthday party yesterday! Click on the link for all kinds of birthday fun (Bieber Boy Band )
I’ll be back to share lots more pictures but for now… Enjoy!
