Me... a morning person???!!!

It just might be the case! The last two mornings I have taken walks from 7 to 7:30 and I think I am kind of in love with this little "tradition". It gets me going and I don't have the "lazy morning" issues that I always seem to struggle with, like wasting time online or just not getting out of bed. I have even put make-up on, me the person who claims to not have time for make-up is now putting in on because she is getting so much done after her walk! It's fabulous! Apart from those benefits, these walks are also just beautiful. I took the above picture this morning at the top of the hill by my house - Murrieta looks so nice from up there. I have also been trying to make an effort to be praying during these walks. The first morning I was just overwhelmed with the goodness of God and how he really does have everything in his hands. Today I just came home calm, like real peace. It's great and seems good and healthy to start one's day with a morning constitutional.

Tagged by Andy

So, I got tagged by my friend Andy and I supposed to write 6 random things about myself and then tag 6 more people to do the same... here it goes:

1. I have serious issues with injustice! When a movie is centered around some sort of unjust situation concerning the main character I sort of have this uncontrollable rage that wells up in me, usually resulting in tears or telling my husband I want to turn the movie off. Examples of such movies include but are not limited to: The Terminal, Meet the Parents, Enemy of the State and Anger Management.

2. When I have down time or I'm sick in bed all I want to do is read US Magazine or read books by a Christian Chic-lit author, Kristin Billerbeck . I thought I had more substance than that.

3. I have watched all 10 seasons of Stargate and all 3 movies. I love them all and can tell you in detail what happened during all of them. However, I stand firmly by the fact that I do not like Sci-fi - go figure. (I also have NEVER seen an episode of Stargate Atlantis)

4. I really, really love Church History. Seriously, if I got the chance to write a church history text book I would be a happy woman! Just think of the amount of time I would have to spend in order to study for such a task - it's sounds wonderful!

5. I miss film. Don't get me wrong, my digital camera is wonderful, but I just miss film. Mostly because I miss the need for people to actually have photography skills and talent to take a good picture instead of needing Photoshop skills to make their average picture worth looking at.

6. More and more everyday I'm becoming okay with the thought of "turning into my mom". Most people say the the phrase "I'm turing into my mother" in a negative way, but I'm actually starting to respect the things I used to think made her "uncool" when I was younger.

So, that's about as random as I get, at least it's what I can think up as of right now.

Now to tag 6 people to keep this going... How about: Danielle, Erica, Shayne, Allison, Hillary and Becky.

Miracles

So I was reading a friends blog this morning and she was talking about miracles - and one in particular, the miracle of children. And I suddenly felt so selfish...

You see, this friend of mine she has one son and she has been trying for a second child for some time now, but still nothing. And she wrote - "I didn't realize that I already had gotten one miracle. And that that may be it for my reproductive system in this life." it hit me... this could be it for me too! I mean not in a dooms day kind of way and I'm not trying to be pessimistic but it actually was just kind of a wake up call from the Lord to my heart. It was as if he was saying, "Sarah! Wake up! You are a walking, breathing miracle right now! You are giving life - 24 hours a day - you and me, girl, we're making a miracle!" GOD IS WORKING A MIRACLE IN ME, in my actual body and I spend my days thinking about when I will be able to fit back in my old clothes and how I hate the fact that I'm getting a double chin - yikes! Not okay!

So, I'm changing my perspective, I have to. What baby, what creation from heaven, deserves to come into the world, into a house and family who already sees them as the cause of weight gain and the cause of this and that.... NO! This little man or woman is a miracle and it is welcome to move and stretch and hic-up it's way along because the Lord has seen fit to entrust this little miracle to Adam and I and we can do nothing but praise him for the work that he is doing!

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you." - Psalm 139: 13-18