Good enough

So the split picture is roughly 12 years apart.  I was sitting here thinking about how so much has happened in that time frame. 

After the picture on the left, I:
   Was laid off about 7 months later.
   Became unemployed for 6 months and seriously thought the world was crumbling around me. 
   I got my job at Experian one week before my unemployment ran out. I worked there for 9 years plus. 
   Travelled all through the United States and took my first trip out of the country to Costa Rica.
   Got divorced after 14 years of marriage.
   Finished college and earned my Bachelor's in Organizational Leadership. 
   I met a man online.  We dated 7 weeks, got engaged, and 7 months later we married.  Total whirlwind romance. 
   Had a baby and turned 40 within months of each other. 
   Moved from my hometown.
   Got a new job and bought a house. 
   Oh and I got a cat.

It's funny to think that our lives are so stagnant sometimes until we look back. 

I've learned alot about myself in those 12 years. Cried, laughed and prayed alot in those 12 years.  I'm definitely not the woman I was in the picture on the left.  Not that I ever want to forget her, but I'm a better version of me.  And not just for me, but for those little ladies in the pictures. 

Now I'm 42.  Married with 3 daughters and one cat.  Own my own car and home.  Work from home and making more than I ever have. 

Do I have it all figured out? No.  Have I reached a point where I am perfectly satisfied with life? Absolutely not.  But I do know, I am right where God wants me.  And you know  what...that's good enough for me.

My new creation

Beauty is in the eye

Tell me what you see.  Beauty, love, chaos, pain, anger, joy.  No wrong answers...that's the wonderment of abstract art.  It can be whatever YOU want it to be. 

Stay focused

Current Mood

1 minute in Time

Have you ever noticed that 1 minute can be a lifetime or the shortest increment of time? Think about it. If you are anticipating something or dreading it..been on hold with customer service? That measly 60 seconds seems to take FOREVER. However if you are enjoying something such as sleep, reading your favorite book, or taking a break from work that 60 seconds seems like 2 seconds. One thing to keep in mind; however, is that no matter what… 1 minute is still 1 minute. It never changes. It doesn’t speed up or slow down because time is constant. What does change is your attitude toward the 1 minute. That’s how life is. It is constant. There are peaks and valleys but that never changes. It might change based on the actual minute it is happening in, but you can guarantee that you will have good times and bad times. Minutes, hours, even weeks of the same thing, but it still moves on. But how you get through this constant of life is the attitude to have towards it. Are you eagerly waiting the next turn or dreading what might come next? Or do you cherish and enjoy each 1 minute inside your life knowing that they seem to go by so quickly. Time is something that is allotted to each and every one of us. It is something that can’t be earned or purchased…It is a gift. Cherish it, enjoy it, live it! What are you doing with your 1 minute?

I loved you first

I made this for my mom.  It is a phrase we have always said to each other :)