DayDreaming Diva

Homeowners :)  Wow...we are now officially homeowners....WHAT?? It is so hard to believe that everything Aaron and I ever dreamed about or talked about is now becoming a reality... We closed on our house on March 18. Aaron moved in around the middle of April and I will move in on October 29 :) Everyone always asks how in the world did you find this house? I love this story because I believe that it was ALL God and none of Mary Kait and Aaron. So, before we got engaged Aaron and I were looking into buying a house together (he would live in it until we got married). We knew we were going to be getting engaged soon and there were some houses in our area at really good prices and we wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. We began looking and found some really great places at really good prices but it just didn't feel right. You know that feeling, I just knew that we needed to wait. We got engaged in December and once we got home and were deciding on wedding plans I ...

I am sitting here watching Good Morning America and I have some thoughts.  There is a guest on the show who is a self help guru. This man promises the answers to financial security as well as how to be grateful. He has supposedly coached millions of people into living a better, more grateful life while simultaneously coaching some of the wealthiest people in their financial endeavors.  A couple of thoughts.....  1. This is shows just how misguided we are as humans, "Teach me, man, how to make the most money but also teach me how to be grateful."  I have always heard that money is the root of all evil but I never truly understood it until recently. The people of this world, especially the US are so wrapped up in money and how they can have more and buy more than their neighbor. To me, this man and what he teaches is doing nothing but making that desire greater. All the while he is probably rolling in it from all the press and publications. I also have the...

This week is my last week of classes as an undergraduate student....wow. I want to take a few moments to reflect and document some of my thoughts during this last week.  I am having conflicting emotions over this fact. On one hand I am SO over school and am SO ready to be done and move on to the next chapter of my life. But on the other hand I am not ready to be done and go out into the real "real world". My college experience has been absolutely amazing. I have been blessed with getting to know and become roommates and best friends with three wonderful girls. I have learned so much about myself, I have grown in my faith and gained a deeper understanding and love for God. I have gained a greater appreciation for family and understand how important support from family means to a individual. I have been fortunate (yes, you read that correctly) to study, read, and write many papers that have expanded my knowledge. Despite my frequent complaints, I have been truly blessed wit...

"Sometimes He calms the storm...other times He calms the child..." When I was young girl I used to be terrified of storms. I was afraid that my family and I would be hurt and that my house and all of my sentimental belongings would be destroyed. What really frightened me was the unpredictability of the storm. I like to be in control, I like to know what's going on and what is going to happen in the future. You can imagine what being in the middle of an unpredictable storm was like for me...not good. ...And this is why I was so terrified I remember my mother always telling me and sometimes singing to me the lyrics of a popular christian song, "Sometimes He calms the storm...other times He calms the child..." When she first said this to me I didn't find much comfort in it... I thought "Mama..really?? That is not very helpful..You must not know how scary this is for me?" I would pray that God would stop the storms because I was so afraid of ...

I remember being a young girl sitting at my great aunt's funeral thinking "Why did she die? I prayed for her, I asked God to heal her and make her well." I was so confused and didn't fully understand what was going on anyway. I really just could not wrap my brain around the fact that I asked God to make her better but instead she died. Now I understand how much pain she was in and that He did make her better, He healed all of her pain and gave her an eternal life with Him that is far better than anything she could have been given on this earth. Ultimately this was the best answer to my prayers. It is so hard losing people who are so important to us. It is hard to watch them suffer and it is extremely difficult to watch them suffer and wonder why God isn't answering our prayers. We pray and beg God for healing, peace, and comfort, yet sometimes it feels like He doesn't answer our prayers but He does. He will ALWAYS listen and respond...it just may not be the ...