The Bubbly blogger

Hi Everyone!! I am back and its been a long week since conferences were on Monday.  I think its so easy to get caught up on the negative and carry the hard things with us. 1. One of  my first graders told my mom that she was worried of me: she is learning Empathy 2. My mom got to come help in my classroom. 3. My prayer group and I put on a breakfast for the school and two more teachers are interested in joining. 4. I got to have coffee with my one of my co workers after school. 5. We have a 3 day weekend. 6.  I get to go to Dallas with KJ 7.  One of my co workers complimented me on my patience with the difficult class that I have. He gave me the validation that I am not doing anything wrong, my kids are just hard. 8.  Two of my student's parents said they appreciate me and the hard work that is put in to care and teach these young students. 9. My brother and sister won their basketball games against Gustavus. 10.. My dad got to come home from the hospital.

This post has been forming in my mind for awhile but it has taken some weeks to get the courage to write about it. My birthday is 4 weeks away and I am reflecting on turning 27. I am realizing that its okay to not be in a relationship. ... Wow I can't believe I said that. Singleness is a gift not a burden, something that my really good friend Noelle told me over the weekend  when I visited her in South Carolina. She helped me see that I was putting myself in a box because I was feeling like I had nothing to offer the world and the church since I didn't have a significant other. Yet Paul celebrates singleness in Corinthians.  I have so much to offer the world and God can use me in so many different realms that I haven't even explored yet. So many people say use this time before marriage to do things you want to do. I am making a goal to go somewhere new once a month. So I sit here and encourage you to try new things, take yourself  to dinner, join a class. Don't

16  And the  Lord  God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;   17  but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,  for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” Genesis 2:16-17  I was reading   Tailor Made   by Alex Seeley yesterday and she talked about this passage. She talked about how Eve was looking for something she thought she didn't have: wisdom. But I also think Eve was looking for control. So in her pride she fell into the temptation to go her own way do her own thing and eat from the tree.  That's when I believe the Holy Spirit reminded me that I succumb to the same temptation: believing that I don't have control and I need it and once I have it, everything will turn out right. In my present situation, I see how it looks like not waiting for God to provide a teaching job for me. I apply for every job whether its teaching related or not just so I can have something full time. Forgetting that God prom

Sorry readers its been a long time since I have posted, I was just trying to figure out my thoughts on this.  A couple of weeks ago my family and I went to Bismarck,  North Dakota for a family reunion and 90th birthday party for my grandma. On Saturday we had party for her with most of my dad's side of the family. We went around and shared a  memory we had with grandma. Just listening her children, my aunts and uncles, share about sacrifices she made when she married my grandpa made an impact on me. One of the things that stuck out to me was my uncle saying " If she (my grandma) hadn't made the decision to live in Bismarck while my grandpa was in the army, then my Aunt holly ( his wife) wouldn't have gone to Moorhead State where they met."   That one choice affected my aunt's life.  That got me thinking about the choices I have made and the people around me have made and how its affected their lives.  If my sister Abbey hadn't gone to Colorado for

The post below is meant to be funny and involves my opinion on things I learned from doing online dating. 1. If you post a shirtless selfie I will throw up in my mouth and swipe left. 2. If you brag about the house you own, I will congratulate you and  move on. 3. If you mention politics I will swipe left . 4.  If you post any photos with kids then I will definitely swipe right ;) 5. If you claim to have a "dad bod" or tell lame dad jokes then you should probably pass on me because that so not attractive. 6. The biggest kicker: if you claim that you are not religious then I will for sure swipe left because I don't have a religion I have a relationship with my Savior.

40 days is significant a number in the Bible - Noah was in the ark for 40 days - Moses and Israelite's wandered in the desert for 40 days - Jesus was tempted in the wilderness for 40 days  There were probably other times God used the number 40 but these were the ones that came to front of my mind.  So my friend Kassie asked me if I wanted to choose a desire and pray about it together for 40 days. We are both wanting to be in a relationship with our future husbands so we decided to pray about it on the phone or in person for 40 days. 1. That God would give us patience to wait for him 2. We would would surrender the desire and control to God 3. Use our single season wisely Our 40 days ends on March 30 which is coming up in 8 days. Three things I have learned through this experience: 1.  There is a reason God calls us to pray without ceasing. We remain connected to the Father the more times we talk to Him 2. It is life giving and sometimes easier praying for another