21 Days...

We're at the 21 mark! Woosh...the time goes by. It's starting to get hard to keep track of the days, they just seem to be melting away. Now all that's left is a few fine details, a pedicure, a hair trim, a final dress fitting, and freaking out. Actually, I'm doing pretty well. I feel amazinlgy calm, except when I try to fall asleep at night and about a million and a half things start buzzing through my mind. What is it about turning off the light switch? I can fall asleep in a second when I'm just bumming on my couch, but the minute I get up to go to bed and lie down my eyes pop wide open and I become a thinking-crazy-person. I should just start sleeping on the couch!

21 days! Life couldn't be better...

Weekend Insights...

Weekend...here I come!

I have my final dress fitting tomorrow. How nervous does that make someone? I still have seven weeks before my wedding day and I have a final dress fitting. I hope it fits when the big day comes! I think companies like to add more pressure to the already hectic day. They must all be in cahoots with each other. The wedding shops, the grocery stores, the diet companies...they are all in a giant conspiracy together. The sad thing is, I'm falling right into their trap.

Oh well!

Weekend...here I come!!!

Ten Pounds

I've been walking a lot lately. I'm trying to lose ten pounds before my wedding day. I was thinking today, "Why is this so important to me?" If I was ten pounds thinner than I am now I would probably still REALLY want to lose ten pounds for my wedding day.

Girls are weird. Or maybe, our society is weird. Either way, I REALLY want to lose ten pounds before my wedding day! Ugh...life can be so complicated. I think I'm going to go eat a brownie.

53 days...

In a fastfood-gotta-have-it-zoom-zoom-world, waiting is not on the top "fun" list. God says that it's good to wait upon the Lord. Yes, we all know that waiting produces perserverance and all that great stuff...so when we have to wait we grit our teeth, smile, and convince ourselves it's a good thing. Well, it is a good thing like Martha Stewart would say, but it's not an easy thing.

53 days until my wedding day!

My wedding day, now that's a good thing!

Missed You!

Well, I guess it's been a while since I plotted down my thoughts. I've been a busy creature. I got engaged and all, to the most wonderful man in the entire universe, so that has captured a lot of my attention.

So, right now I am sitting in my not-so-quiet apartment enjoying my free time to relax and write out a few thoughts. I had Spanish this morning which is sort of like sticking bamboo under my fingernails. I mean, I love my teacher, she is great. It's just the pressure of it all, the intense pressure. "Hola, mi nombre es Casey. ?Como esta? I just blew your mind, didn't I?

Well, there has been so much going on my little head lately it seems as though it would take me twelve posts to lay it all out. So, instead I just mentioned how much I dislike learning Spanish and threw some fabulous espanol your way. I'm sure your life has been changed. I really do think about deep stuff, it just doesn't seem to be coming out at the moment.

Peace out for now and have a great day!

Reu

A life time of labor,
a life time of service.
Faithful. Loving. Gentle.

How many times did I say, "I love you?"
How many unspoken words.
Memories. Talks. Winks.

Again, one day we'll embrace.
No more coughing, no more pain.
Forever. Jesus. Family.

One day at a time,
life ebbs away.
History. Choices. Loyalty.

You were a good one, Grandpa.
Good till the end.
Love. Forever. Goodbye.

A Bright Light

In the midst of darkness a light shines. In the middle of a lost, hopeless world, God's brightness penetrates every evil thing. There is power in the name of Jesus. There is hope in the name of Jesus. There is authority in our prayers and a promise behind them. "The prayers of a righteous person are powerful and effective."

The more years behind me, the more life I live, the more I realize that God means what He says. It's never too late. It's never too hopeless. Our prayers do make a difference. Lives can be changed. Hearts can be mended. Brokenness can be healed.

"Those walking in darkness have seen a great light."