Falling into place

I can't believe summer is almost over. I was laying here thinking about everything that I need to do within the next week when suddenly I realized-I go to school next week. Can summer already be gone. I feel like life is going by so fast. September 2nd is vastly approaching. That day marks a lot of things for me: the loss of a loved one, the beginning of a whirl wind of emotions, new jobs opportunities, you name it--it happened. 

After my mom passed away I thought things would be easy (or easier). Boy was I wrong. I got a teaching job, learned how to get my own insurance, moved out of the house...basically I had 1-2 months to figure out how the real world works. It was scary and my nerves were shot.

I successfully made it through my first school year. However, my emotions were a bit to much to handle. Surprisingly, Stephen never left my side. I was thinking today about how things can just come into place. It's not by luck, it's by God! Stephen never left me and God never ever left me. I remember sitting with my bestie at Christmas time and we both said "2011 will be our year. It will be a good year and nothing bad will happen." I wish I could say that was true. I'm going to call 2011 the learning year.

After months of struggles, paper work, growing up and endless arguments with a man I've never argued with before; God has made me a new person. I have finally been able to deal with most of the emotions from my mom's death. I am able to handle conflict in a calm manner. Stephen and I haven't had an argument in a long time. Actually, I recall telling him months ago that "things would never get back to normal" and I have proven myself wrong. I feel like we are back to our first months of dating-light, fun, carefree.

I guess the moral of my thoughts are things fall into place. God doesn't turn our world upside down and leave us hanging. God has a plan. Usually his plan is different than the plan we have for our life. But with prayer, love and trust God will show you his plan and put the missing pieces of your puzzle back together.

This picture represents things falling into place. The only thing I have regretted since my mom passed away is that I never took a picture of her and Stephen. I found this on my computer about a month ago and laughed uncontrollably. This picture was taken at a friend's wedding. I happened to be in that wedding and Stephen and mom were coming together to pick me up. Stephen was naturally VERY late picking my mom up. They made it to the wedding about 2 minutes before it started. He didn't want to upset me by being late because we had only date about a month when this pic was taken. They made it, we ate, danced and had a great time. Boy did my mom come home with some great stories about her adventure with Stephen. :)  This picture summarizes December 22, 2009. I wouldn't change anything about it.