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i am overwhelmingly feeling the power of prayer, hard work, and consistency. Lendall and i have our share of issues, but things are on the mend. i have been reading this book called, "praying threw the deeper issues of marriage" and it has helped me see what i have always known. i knew from the day my parents divorced, that i never wanted to take that road. so i have stayed 100% committed to that. i never wanted to stop trying, or walk away. here are some helpful things i took from that book......

-Marriage is not something you enter into and see what you get out of it. its something you ask your self everyday, what can i put into this covenant relationship.

-if your marriage has already been challenged in any number of ways, the good news is that God has a plan to restore it the way He intended it to be.

- the suffering that happens in an unhappy marriage is horrendous bc there is no escape.

-feelings of love in a marriage can rise and fall, and come and go.

see i am not the only one in this world that this stuff happens to. i think it can be the best and worst part of your life. but today i am choosing to make it the best. and at the end of my life, i hope that i have more good days then bad. i know that, the God i rely on is much Greater, and Bigger then any problem we face as a couple.

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Just when u feel like God is not hearing your plea, He shows up on your behalf. what a great honor to be able to depend on someone as big as He is. i am going to write this miracle down, so when i don't feel Him, i can remember how Great He is.

life can sometimes just be the absolute pits. i know that when these dark times come, its God showing you places you need to grow and change. i have to sometimes be beet upside the head for me to understand, but i think i am finally getting the big picture. see for the last 2 years of life, marriage has consumed my life, i feel like i have been pecked by roosters. see marriage is the very hardest relationship to maintain. its a constant effort, a never ending battle, and a lifelong commitment to try. there are Great, Good, and horrendous times in marriage. and it can go from one to the other in 10 seconds flat. i have grown up in my marriage, i was young and dumb and now i am wiser, and not so young. but i think what i have taken from this is, i am never as perfect or right. even though i am convinced in my head that i am 120% sure i made the right call. i have never been patient about anything and this is no different. i want here and now i want results and achievement. but this is the kicker, get ready, here it is...... ITS NOT ABOUT ME. i remember wearing a shirt one time that said this very statement. somewhere along that growing up stage, i lost sight of the real purpose in life. Its not me, its GOD. i am working on me to make me whole, complete, and insinc with God. He has shown me places of my heart that need refined and replenished. so on this beautiful fall day, i am seeing God in yet another way.

i know a few things that are for-sure things in life. i am for-sure that i love Emrie and want the VERY best for her life. i am sure that God is always with me even when i can't feel Him. i know that without family life would suck.

i also know promises get broken, pain comes, and at the end of every day i have to look within myself and know i did the best i could for that day. At this point in my drama filled life, i feel like i have pleaded my case, fought my fight, and gave my 100%. i am trusting God from here on out with all my heart.

i just went on a walk with God, i love how pandora knows what songs you need to hear. i was praying and pleading my case with our Big God, and the song "i will rise" comes on and it was just what God needed to say to me. i am very low and hurt, and i was begging God to take my burden. God knows when His kids are at the bottom and He will let them rise again.

my prayer today....God help me to walk in this valley with the faith of knowing that You will lift me out.

Marriage

Marriage is in fact like Bad Gas.

Ladies of the Pink.

so i am very blessed in my life to own the "beauty shop" as i like to call it. we opened the doors after 22 crazy days of remolding it, on January 22nd, 2006. i have always wanted to own my own shop, and when the opportunity cam e up we jumped n board. I started working in purcell in may of 04, and thats where i met and started my friendship with karen and dede. i quickly figured out they were the girls i wanted to share my work life with. karen is always on the go, she never sits still, and she dose an incredible and caring job on all of her weekly, older generation ladies. and her daughter dede was and is the best around these parts, i am very blessed to have learned and work with the best there is. she was an essential part of my success. we have now been working together for 6 years and we have never had a tiff. it just flows and not many salons can say they have a drama free atmosphere. then in march of 09 we added to our group. jennifer mcdowell came to work with us and she just fits right in, we all do our own thing and that is how i like it. i don't really take the boss roll, i am more of a co-worker to these gals and i am blessed that i don't have to put the boot down. we hope that when you walk in our doors you feel welcomed, cozy, comfortable, and excited about getting a new "do."

the 3 originals, christmas 2008, with our very missed faye.