Little Moments-Big Dreams

Interested in piano lessons? Know someone who is interested in learning to play piano or has a child who is interested? I am hoping to start teaching soon. Let me know via email or facebook if you would like more information!

Just a couple weeks ago, I was at work, probably glancing every two minutes at the clock, waiting for 4:30 to show up so I could log off the computer, sling my purse over my shoulder and head for the parking lot. It was a good job. Not always very exciting, but it paid well and I found it interesting most days, my job as a library assistant at a medical library. I only worked there 3 months. Before that, I worked for a month at Wendy's and before that, I job hunted for almost half a year. I know what it is to fill out countless job applications. To be unable to just hop in the car and go to Walmart because there is no money left in my savings or checking account. To feel like a prisoner to the kindness of my family. To dislike strongly how listless and lazy I am beginning to feel as the weeks turn to months with no sign of change. To whisper through tears, "Why God? What are you trying to teach me through this?" To wait. I am filling out m...

I am single. As in, never married, never been engaged, never even had a boyfriend. Being single has its blessings: no marriage problems, no inlaw problems, etc. But being single has drawbacks too and anyone that is single can sit down and write a long list out. Of course, I know married people could produce their own list. Everybody has pros and cons in whatever state they are in. The same goes for every area of life I think. Like the weather. On cold rainy days, we long for sunshine while on blistering hot, sunny days, we yearn for cool cloudiness. The Apostle Paul said he learned that in whatever state he was in to be content. Contentment is a word that honestly sometimes makes me cringe. I think it has been used a lot in wrong ways. I've heard people say things like this to me and other singles: "God just wants to teach you contentment. That is why you are still single." Or, "It is far better to be single than end up marrying the wrong person." Both th...

I'm staying at my sister's apartment for a couple days, helping babysit her two little girls, Rose and Annie. Rose is 6, Annie is 3. Yesterday, we had fun together making and decorating cookies shaped like butterflies, Easter eggs, bunnies, etc. We also played outside for a while and the girls made things out of modeling clay while I fixed lunch.  Nothing super eventful happened, so I woke up today planning for another basically easy day of hanging out with my two favorite children. Well, I woke up around the same time as the girls. We got ready and walked to McDonalds, just a block away, for breakfast and then playtime. That wasn't so bad. Other than mild frustration at my attempts to maneuver a double wide stroller, I felt confident in my ability as a nurturing, patient Aunt. When we arrived back at the apartment, I got Rose started on schoolwork and settled Annie with a Tweetie bird DVD in the other room. About 30 seconds into our phonics lesson, Annie yelled, "Com...

Well, I have joined the ranks of bloggers. I want to use this first blog post to introduce myself a little bit. I'm a work in progress, a child of God who has a long way to go before she can say, "I'm who I know God wants me to be!" But even though the journey seems like a long one and I don't always wake up feeling like I'm more than a conqueror in this battle called the life of faith, I know this: I am complete in Christ. I'm an average young woman, privileged to have a great family and lots of wonderful friends, with many experiences already in the short 27 years I've been alive. I'm thankful that I can play the piano and sing (or at least try to sing!), write, travel, and bake scones and banana bread. :) I'm hoping to start teaching piano soon. We shall see. Let me know if you want lessons or know of someone who is. It is late and I am babysitting my two adorable and rambuctious nieces tomorrow. I need my beauty sleep that is for sure,...