saddleback

currently i'm in california at a worship conference at saddleback church. this is my second time. i went two years ago too. this isn't much, just a quick update to say i'm still alive. stay tuned for pics from my beach trip to cannon beach with nate. i read a whole book during our time at the beach so i'll tell you about that too. it was an awesome book. and hopefully i'll have some thoughts on the conference later too. until then, tatta!

i pinch

oh i love this!

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quote

a quote from my pastor:

"It’s only when we slow down and stop taking ourselves so seriously – that we are free to deal with God very seriously." ~Matt Hannan

i agree 100%. and this is why i joke about "serious" stuff. 'cause nothing else matters apart from my relationship with god.

june

i realize it's been awhile since i last posted. especially since my hubby is starting to brag that he's gotten in more posts than me...you know it's been awhile when he's saying that! so i've decided to rectify that. but what to post about?

i had a birthday. that was cool. however, it was foreshadowed by the fact that the month of may is simply becoming a bad luck month for me. it's june now. i like that. not just because it's my middle name but because june means may is finally over. i'm not sure what it is but this was the second may in a row that's been emotionally draining for me. last may as most of you know, my dad was put in prison (very good thing - but still weird), my 13 (now 14) year old brother came to live with my husband and i (good - but still a hard adjustment) and my mother went crazy...well i shouldn't say went crazy....uh, exposed herself as a new kind of crazy to the rest of my family (also good - but still weird).

now, i have to admitt, this may wasn't as bad as last may....but as my close friends put it, it seems like i've gone from one emotionally draining "crisis" to another! just as i got over one, i'm onto the next! (wish i could share more, but can't) and how right they are. one especially funny and honestly uplifting comment from one of my friends, "teresa, don't you just feel like sitting in one spot and just swearing, over and over and over again!?" truth be told? YES but i won't say more on the grounds that i may incriminate myself.

then i found this quote:

Then, when it seems we will never smile again, life comes back.

deep breath in.....deep, slow, relaxing breath out. that's what i needed.