We came to Abilene for a few days to help my mom with a garage sale. It's always a good time coming home! And of course I got to see Panissa which makes it that much better! I love that girl, and hate that "growing up" sometimes means you don't live near the friends that you love so much!! Thankfully, some things never change and whenever we see each other we just pick back up from where we left off! :)
I'm rambling....
Anyways, we decided to go get lunch today. We were sitting there and I hear "Panissa Dor!" She gets excited and exchanges hello's with this woman. I'm sitting there, not really looking at or paying attention to whats going on because "I don't know this woman." Panissa then says, and look, Sheryl's here! The sweet woman says hi and clearly knows who I am..... not knowing what else to say, I reply "I'm sorry, but I don't know who you are right now..." ahhh!!!!! how embarassing!! I hate that, I'm usually so good with faces!!! Come to find out, it was one of our really sweet teachers from highschool.
Of course, this gets me to thinking.... I wonder how many of my teachers I would actually recognize? I come up with a handful. Then, a step farther...What do I remember about these teachers, how did they impact me? haha....sadly, I don't have huge life changing memories of my teachers. Not that they were bad, or I hated school by any means...but none of them "changed my life." Like, because of "her" that is why I wanted to become a teacher...nobody like that comes to mind.
I don't want that to be me to my students 10 years from now. I want to make an impact. I want to leave an impression. Not of myself, but of Christ's love. I want each baby who leaves my class to know that I love them and that there is something more in this life that just the mess that most of them see at home. It's almost a new school year and new chance to love these kiddos.... to make an impact... to not just go to work each day and complain about things that I don't agree with or things that I can't change.....
I want to love with God's love every single day.
S
Friday, July 29, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
A year later...
For a long time, I've been wanting to start a blog. Actually, in college, I set one up and I think I posted a time or two because a friend told she thought I had really good thoughts and should put them in writing for all to see. Clearly, it didn't last long. :) But, for the past year I've been wanting to set one up and last night I told Kyle...he said very plainly "well, why don't you?" My response: I want someone else to set it up and make it cute for me so that all I have to do is blog. haha... sidenote, I actually had fun making it cute (to me) just now!
So, here we are...a year later.
Let me recap our amazing journey over the last year.
7.31.10. The most amazing, beautiful, stress-free day. I wanted it to last forever (until the end of the night when my shoes started hurting my feet) but even then...you don't want THAT day, THE day a little girl waits for, for her entire life....you don't want that day to come to an end. Kyle and I had our close family and friends with us for an evening of celebrating US. My best friends were my bridesmaids, my dad got to walk me down the aisle, my brother did part of the ceremony, and Kyle was standing next to me through it all.
So the year has gone...Kyle has stood next to me every single day...through it all. :)
August 2010. This month started out with our honeymoon. We went to South Padre and stayed at a resort which was right on the beach. Our goal of our time away was to be complete beach bums and enjoy every minute together. And that we did. We didn't want it to end, so we decided to stop in San Antonio on our way home and stay at a little bed and breakfast for another night.
September 2010. School was in full swing for me and work was going strong for Kyle.
October 2010. Kyle had to travel for work 3 out of the 4 weeks in October. Boo. I did not like it one bit. It seemed like each week there was SOMETHING that went wrong. One time he left, he forgot to get me gas for the week. He even called when he remembered and apologized. No big deal , right? Well, when he's out of town it turned into a big deal. I ended up in tears on the Stapleton's front porch. My gas tank wouldn't open, it was jammed or something. I was quite emotional during that month with Kyle being gone. I quickly learned.... I am becoming dependent on this man that I love. He loves me and spoils me.
November 2010. Our first Thanksgiving as the Brewer's. We spent it in Abilene with my family. :) I also started a 31 days of prayer for your husband this month. It was a very neat, guided and specific ways to pray for the one you love.
December 2010. Our first Christmas as the Brewer's. We spent it in Houston with his family. :)
My friend Sarah and I had been doing a Beth Moore bible study together and I one of the days focused on Titus 2:4... a verse that instructs a woman to love her husband. Interestingly enough, the love that is spoken of in this verse, is not agape, but rather philandros (loving someone as a friend) It was really neat to read that... It made me reminisce about the beginning of our friendship in college. We would take aimless walks around campus, pull pranks on each other, laugh and have fun. I think it's so neat that we learned how to have fun without "dating" and I realized the importance of sharing in on the fun and interests so I can continue loving him as a friend and enjoying him as my best friend in our marriage.
January 2011. Our first "hard times" We had a lot of things happen right in a row. We hit a deer, my car was in the shop, kyle's car went through the carport wall when his accelerator got stuck, he hurt his leg in the accident. We were able to thank God for His protection and provision through it all.
Kyle had BIRTHDAY Week. He got a surprise every day for the week counting down to his birthday!!! :) My parents and Matthew and Michelle came to our house for a late Christmas. It was fun hosting them.
February 2011. I wake up way earlier than Kyle during the school year. My getting ready corner is in the room so he just turns over and pulls the covers higher when I turn on the lamp to get ready. On Valentine's day he woke up and talked to me while I was getting ready for school. :)
March 2011. My parents took us and Matthew and Michelle on a CRUISE!!! :) Way fun way to spend spring break. I'm spoiled now. When is the next cruise?
April 2011. This semester we have been reading Radical and doing a study with it on Wednesday nights at church. The more we read and discuss, the more we long to do more. One night Bro. David said this: Sacrifice our money for a SPECIFIC purpose....not just having 10% budgeted in...when is the last time giving actually COST me something??
May 2011. Wow. School needs to end. I started new medicine, which made me crazy...(but at the time we didn't know it) I had anxiety attacks and could barely drive. Kyle woke up early to take me to work, would go with me to the doctor (more than once.) Who's ready for summer?! :)
Kyle's planning on starting grad school soon so we aren't going to be doing college stuff at church anymore. He wants to give his all to the different places he's at and felt like with trying to do everything that everything wouldn't get his all. I respect his decision making skills. I tend to pile things up and get overwhelmed.
June 2011. Ah!! At last, summer and relaxation. I can't even think about going to school because I don't have access to our new building. The first week of summer was VBS and and then a couple weeks later we went to church camp with our awesome youth.
July 2011. Here we are... a year later. :)
All the other posts won't be this long.
S
So, here we are...a year later.
Let me recap our amazing journey over the last year.
7.31.10. The most amazing, beautiful, stress-free day. I wanted it to last forever (until the end of the night when my shoes started hurting my feet) but even then...you don't want THAT day, THE day a little girl waits for, for her entire life....you don't want that day to come to an end. Kyle and I had our close family and friends with us for an evening of celebrating US. My best friends were my bridesmaids, my dad got to walk me down the aisle, my brother did part of the ceremony, and Kyle was standing next to me through it all.
So the year has gone...Kyle has stood next to me every single day...through it all. :)
August 2010. This month started out with our honeymoon. We went to South Padre and stayed at a resort which was right on the beach. Our goal of our time away was to be complete beach bums and enjoy every minute together. And that we did. We didn't want it to end, so we decided to stop in San Antonio on our way home and stay at a little bed and breakfast for another night.
September 2010. School was in full swing for me and work was going strong for Kyle.
October 2010. Kyle had to travel for work 3 out of the 4 weeks in October. Boo. I did not like it one bit. It seemed like each week there was SOMETHING that went wrong. One time he left, he forgot to get me gas for the week. He even called when he remembered and apologized. No big deal , right? Well, when he's out of town it turned into a big deal. I ended up in tears on the Stapleton's front porch. My gas tank wouldn't open, it was jammed or something. I was quite emotional during that month with Kyle being gone. I quickly learned.... I am becoming dependent on this man that I love. He loves me and spoils me.
November 2010. Our first Thanksgiving as the Brewer's. We spent it in Abilene with my family. :) I also started a 31 days of prayer for your husband this month. It was a very neat, guided and specific ways to pray for the one you love.
December 2010. Our first Christmas as the Brewer's. We spent it in Houston with his family. :)
My friend Sarah and I had been doing a Beth Moore bible study together and I one of the days focused on Titus 2:4... a verse that instructs a woman to love her husband. Interestingly enough, the love that is spoken of in this verse, is not agape, but rather philandros (loving someone as a friend) It was really neat to read that... It made me reminisce about the beginning of our friendship in college. We would take aimless walks around campus, pull pranks on each other, laugh and have fun. I think it's so neat that we learned how to have fun without "dating" and I realized the importance of sharing in on the fun and interests so I can continue loving him as a friend and enjoying him as my best friend in our marriage.
January 2011. Our first "hard times" We had a lot of things happen right in a row. We hit a deer, my car was in the shop, kyle's car went through the carport wall when his accelerator got stuck, he hurt his leg in the accident. We were able to thank God for His protection and provision through it all.
Kyle had BIRTHDAY Week. He got a surprise every day for the week counting down to his birthday!!! :) My parents and Matthew and Michelle came to our house for a late Christmas. It was fun hosting them.
February 2011. I wake up way earlier than Kyle during the school year. My getting ready corner is in the room so he just turns over and pulls the covers higher when I turn on the lamp to get ready. On Valentine's day he woke up and talked to me while I was getting ready for school. :)
March 2011. My parents took us and Matthew and Michelle on a CRUISE!!! :) Way fun way to spend spring break. I'm spoiled now. When is the next cruise?
April 2011. This semester we have been reading Radical and doing a study with it on Wednesday nights at church. The more we read and discuss, the more we long to do more. One night Bro. David said this: Sacrifice our money for a SPECIFIC purpose....not just having 10% budgeted in...when is the last time giving actually COST me something??
May 2011. Wow. School needs to end. I started new medicine, which made me crazy...(but at the time we didn't know it) I had anxiety attacks and could barely drive. Kyle woke up early to take me to work, would go with me to the doctor (more than once.) Who's ready for summer?! :)
Kyle's planning on starting grad school soon so we aren't going to be doing college stuff at church anymore. He wants to give his all to the different places he's at and felt like with trying to do everything that everything wouldn't get his all. I respect his decision making skills. I tend to pile things up and get overwhelmed.
June 2011. Ah!! At last, summer and relaxation. I can't even think about going to school because I don't have access to our new building. The first week of summer was VBS and and then a couple weeks later we went to church camp with our awesome youth.
July 2011. Here we are... a year later. :)
All the other posts won't be this long.
S
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