Its a Girl!!

This just in...i'm going to be an aunt to a beautiful baby girl! How do i know she will be beautiful? She is a creation of God, Katy and Chad...what could be any more beautiful?! Anyway, i'm way excited and can't wait to see them all again!!

Single's Awareness Day

I was talking with my friend Collette tonight about how Valentine's Day just isn't a happy day. Yes, its all about the love and the companionship. But i have some qualms about the day. Its not a particularly good day for anyone, in a relationship or not.

Obviously if you are not in a relationship it is a whole day devoted to pointed out the fact that you don't have that special someone in your life. That you are in fact, not dating. i'm not so sure this is a problem for most people, but i'd like to meet someone who is single who hasn't thought about the fact that its a day devoted to love.

If you are in a relationship, its not a particularly great holiday for you either. In some cases, you are apart from your loved one(*ahem*). Then you can't even celebrate the wonderful day together. In other cases, it is way too expensive to do anything on that day because businesses and consumers have jacked up the prices and the amount willing to be paid. So for college students, its just becomes too much. For people who actually do something, its become more about the day than about the reasons behind it. Why do you spend so much for one night of love showing? Show it all the time!

i do appreciate the day and the idea behind it, but i wish that we would think about love all year round. How God loves us, how we love our friends, how we love our family. These things are all the time. So this Valentine's Day, i'd invite you to just remind those you love that you do, and thank God for his love - the greatest love in the world. Then do it the next day, and the next day after that...