My Crazy Yet Beautiful Life

Below are things that I learned and remembered in 2020. Life in 2020 was hard but let's remember that there was still some good in it.  1. God says to live for today. Matthew 6:34 says, "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each days has enough trouble of its own." I don't always live into this but this has helped me with stress at work when I'm crazy busy. 2. There is still so much beauty in the world. People are still having babies. The flowers still bloomed, and were so beautiful. Lastly, don't get me started on the beautiful fall Michigan had this year. The fall colors had me excited for over a month. I am so excited that my favorite season lasted more than a week this year. I got to see color over our anniversary on September 30th, and through the end of October. I didn't read a lot on our road trip up north because the colors were just so good this year. So, 2020 has my favorite season looking so beautiful leading up to ...

I turn 29 this weekend. I am not ashamed of telling people my age because honestly, no one believes me anyway. Outside of some smile lines showing up and bags under my eyes, I don't look much different than I did in high school. I wanted to share 29 things I've learned up until now. Most people do this starting out a new decade of their life but why not start the last year of my 20's celebrating everything I have learned from various people and experiences? 1. My identity isn't rooted in the titles of my life (daughter, granddaughter, sister, wife, aunt, or report coordinator). Those are great things but above all, my identity is rooted in God  2. God is good, and it's not an easy to explain to people when they question why bad things happen to good people. Still learning more and more about who God is. 3. Don't sweat the small stuff because it's all small stuff. 4. Respect is earned. If someone doesn't respect me, they don't earn my respect back. Ho...