Third Time's a Charm

Well folks, we are ten days into the new year, and already my life has started coming together in such incredible ways... And yet has the potential to fall apart in so many more, although I am choosing to keep my positive outlook on things!

I spent New Years Eve with an old friend of mine, and it was wonderful to get some quality time in with him.  I hadn't had the chance to do that in over a year, and I had forgotten how much fun I have when I am with him.  It was the best way I could have chosen to spend the start to what I am determined to make the best year of my life.

Over the last ten days, I have also accomplished quite a lot of little things that have made my to-do-list quite daunting.

I finally replaced the jeans I sold, and now have three pairs that I love just as much as the incredibly expensive ones that I owned previously.  I also was able to a little more shopping for myself including some shirts, a make-up bag that has given the ability to finally organize the mess that being a girl causes, and many new outfits for my little J.

I also began my supplements again, and my "only healthy food" diet, and cannot wait to be back in shape like I used to be!  So far, the only thing I have eaten that broke my rules was a Taco Bell Burrito... ugh.

But the best part of this year so far has been the return of a very dear person into my life.  I now have the love of my life back, and he already is an amazing dad to my beautiful daughter.  I do not know what I ever did without him.  I cannot say I regret walking away from him for the time I did - we both needed to grow up and discover things about ourselves before we could ever find a way to be in each other's lives again.  But as God has healed us both and matured us both to a different point in our lives, our lives individually mesh so much better together, and I truly did not think I could ever be this happy.  I am beyond blessed in this life I have.

Julianne's biological father, however, continues to try and cause interruptions and chaos in our lives in the name of his "rights"... it's too bad that as concerned he is about having fatherly "rights" that he is that much unconcerned about her well-being.  I am so thankful for David, and the care he has for Julianne, and the example he will be about what a Daddy should be.

Over all, life these days is good!  Even with the stresses that come with trying to do what's best for my family, I still see that every day is incredibly blessed, and that I do have so much to thank my Lord for every single moment.