Changes in my heart...

There have been so many changes in my life this year. It's so hard to take it all in...Many things have changed and yet at the same time many haven't changed. I look at my life in January and it's different than it used to be...I've changed as a person. I hope I've become better. In some ways, I've not changed at all.

Here's how I haven't changed at all:

1. I haven't moved anywhere like I wanted to...
2. I still live in the same house that I have since my folks and I moved to Canyon in 1987.
3. I drive the same car I've driven since 2005.
4. I still have some of the same friends that I've had for awhile -- Ben, Laura, Charlotte, Bryan, Brittany, Shook, Miranda, Kevin, Candace, Aaron and Betsy, Aaron B., Aaron and Bethany, Charity and Josh, Benji and Cody, Ben T., Heather, Jewell...some of those I'd dreamed that would never leave, have and others that I thought would, haven't...
5. I haven't changed my faith...It's gotten stronger!
6. I haven't changed churches. I've seriously considered it, but God hasn't allowed me to yet.

Here's how I have changed:

1. My heart has changed...
2. Mom has moved to Richardson and I'm living alone again.
3. Friends from church have changed -- not to say that I've left the old ones behind by any means, but I'm spending time that uplift me and I'm enjoying it.
4. I've become more of a homebody.
5. I've realized that I don't have to please everyone.
6. I'm no longer inside a box with people telling me who I can and who I can't be friends with.
7. I'm seeking out the truth by myself...
8. I have cut those that were a cancer to me out of my life and replaced them with people who will uplift and strengthen my walk with the Lord.
9. I'm working to get my weight down. I don't want to be like my grandparents or my dad.
10. I have some pretty amazing men in my life to show me what to look for in a husband.
11. I'm going back to school to get my Nursing degree. I'm getting my RN. I want to travel and then settle down and work for Hospice.
12. I'm excited for everything that's happening...

I can't wait to see what else is going to happen in my life...Changes are taking place in my friends and in their lives. Some are so intertwined with mine and yet some aren't. I'm so excited. God has been so good...I can honestly say -- God is and all is well...