It MAY be my favorite time of year!

Looky here. It is MAY. How did that happen? I might need to rename my blog, "How did that happen", or "Time flies by". Man, I didn't even realize that the last blog I did was for the new year. Now that we are well into the new year I have the itch to blog. I don't have the faintest idea of what I am blogging, other than catching you up with all the changes in this life. I think that I have delayed really announcing this to the whole world for fear of admitting how miserable I was, or even of ruining the happiness that I have found. BUT here it goes, are you suspended yet?? LOL. It isn't that BIG, other than, well. I got a new job. After almost 8 years of working in the same health system it was time for a change. I had taken on to much, had lost sight of the priorities in life, had made myself sick, hadn't been able to give my 100% to anything, always splitting time between everything, and not being able to fulfill anything. I had gotten to a point of feeling like a failure at everything. At being a mother, a therapist, a leader, a wife, a child of God, a sister, a child, an aunt, and the list goes on of things that I was failing at. I know that the term failing wasn't really relative but from this Type A personality trying to be a Type B or C, it was failure. Like back in College O Chem where you are grasping at straws, but you are FAILING! Can you tell that I would have failed O Chem had I not dropped it...that is another story for another day. I digress.....The NEW Job. I am working for a home health company now. I place that we never really thought that I would ever work, but it was really more of a God thing. Which in times like this or any for that matter should be a God thing. We prayed, and discussed, and prayed, and talked, and prayed, and finally we came to the conclusion that a new job was on the horizon and looking for it was the choice that needed to be made. After applying to a couple of different job postings it was clear that I also needed to call a couple of companies to see if there were any openings, and lo and behold, like I should be surprised, there was a new opening at the company I now work for. Through the whole process we were being led to ask the questions, and also have the answers that would make it a perfect fit! I needed to re prioritize my life. Make time for God, family, and friends in a life that had become consumed with thinking about my job. I needed to be consumed by Christ! Hebrews 12:28-29 "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire" This is the first verse of a scripture memorization group I am apart of this year, and at the time I choose it because of the "worship God acceptably with reverence and awe" but it began to speak to me more and more as the months went by. So many gems here, but I wanted to be consumed by something other than work. I am now, but that doesn't go without sorrow for leaving friends and colleagues that had helped me become the therapist that I had become. I now have the opportunity to be home more, really home. Like walk in the door and not have another care except for God & my family. AMAZING! That feeling is so freeing. I am so thankful for this whole experience "because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance."James 1:3 I am more me than I have been in a really long time. This is a phrase that I have used before but in a description of my health. My health is fantastic, better than it has been in a really long time. Thyroid finally in check, heart beating along in perfect rhythm, running up to 10K, WELL Feels great. All by the grace of God has this happened and I will shout it to the roof tops everyday! It MAY be my favorite time of year. The weather is warming, and summer is coming!!! Among other things like I have the MOST AMAZING GOD, the best husband, a super cute 3 year old rascal, and the best family and friends. Plus I won tickets to a concert this morning! Doesn't get much better than that folks. Much love!