Outta here!

Steve and I are about to leave for the dominican for a vacation and I just had to write today. First of all, I want to tell my children that I love them more than anything on this earth. I thank the Lord for blessing my life with them, the ability to have them, and treasure the days that I have with them. They are so precious and I cannot imagine living life without them. They bring meaning to my life and make me a better person. Kids are amazing and I love each and every stage of their little lives. I wish I could freeze time and keep them little just alittle longer....

I am so thankful to my family, for all that they have done for me, not only over the past year, but always. Mom and Dad, I don't know what I would do without you. I didn't understand the love that you have for me until I became a mother myself. The love that you have for your kids is undescribable and something you cannot comprehend unless you are a parent. Now I know and appreciate all that my parents have done. This year I relied on them alot, not that I wanted too, I felt bad about needing them so much but this year was unforseen with all the events, sorry Mom and Dad!!!! You have no idea how much it meant to me.

I am sooooo happy and still just in amazement that I look so good inside....It is a miracle. I will continue to pray about my health b/c we all really have no clue how thankful we should be about it. We could all be gone at any moment. You would think that I would understand that more from working at my job, scanning cancer patients, paralyzed patients, car accident patients, falls with huge brain bleeds, little babies that never had a chance to experience life past a few months....I have seen a TON, but it never really hit home until it happened to me. Mine was minor when I compare myself to all of those, but none the less, each day is a gift.

I pray that I live differently. It was a wake up call to Lisa. Makes me think of the song I sang as a little girl, "this is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it". It is my prayer that I wake each morning with a joyful heart, look to the positive of all situations, and remember that life is but a second in comparion to my life spent with Him in eternity.