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Happy Fall Y'all

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Y'all it's my favorite time of year! It's Fall Y'all! I look forward to this time of year each year and when it's over I find myself counting down the months and days until it's this time again. I'm like a kid in a candy store when September 1st rolls around, because that's my cue to get out the bins from the closet and start transforming our house into a cozy fall scene. Since I live in Texas we really don't have the joys of seeing much of the trees changing colors and falling to the ground. So a couple years ago I decided I was going to put up a Fall Tree and bring in some fall to my Texas home. I got the idea of a fall tree from going into Hobby Lobby (My Kryptonite) one day and seeing how they decorated a fall tree in front of the store. Then it hit me..."I can do that in my house!"  The first year I did my tree everyone thought I was crazy and that I was just looking for an excuse to put up my Christmas Tree early. But as you ...

Opening up my Heart & Soul

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Photo By Me: Helen Hunt Falls 2015 One thing I learned over the past few months is there is never a right time to start a blog. When you are ready to take the step to share some of the things that bring you joy with others your self doubts take over. As this began to happen for me I came up with every excuse you can imagine to why I was going to put this off later and later. But I have a dear friend who reminded me that God has blessed me with a gift and I have to share that gift with others because that is part of his blessing for me. As a woman of faith I know that I have to keep myself on the path that God has chosen for me, even it the road seems rocky ahead. I love having conversations with God, which mostly leads to me smiling in the end knowing that he has the final say. No matter how stubborn I can be and think the easy road is the path to take, he is always there waiting to put me back where I need to be. Throughout this blog I plan to share some of those moments I hav...