Just an Update

Life is flying by!!!!

It has been 10 days since I have had a majority of the things on my forbidden list. I even made baked chicken for dinner one day and I felt so accomplished. This weekend was difficult though. My car has been acting up lately and I was supposed to go to Dallas for a baby shower, but I just didnt feel comfortable driving that far with my brakes not being reliable. I found out last minute about a Dnow in Kirbyville, TX (uhhh where?!?) that some of my friends were doing and they asked me to tag along. I rode with them down there and had a blast. While I was there, I struggled with getting enough food. Most of the meals consisted of red meat and cheese. Lunch on Saturday was the hardest situation. I had a choice. I could either eat tacos, which consisted of everything I am supposed to avoid, or I could not eat and see if I could find something somewhere in passing. I decided eating was a better option. It was a bad idea. I have never felt so sick in my life. It was so disheartening to be sick while being a leader for a dnow. I wanted nothing more than to be up playing games with the kids, but all I could do was sleep. The people at Central Baptist in Kirbyville, TX were the sweetest people I have ever met. They went out of their way to make sure I was ok and to have food that I could eat at the rest of the meals we shared.

Now Im back and Im exhausted.

There are only 2 more weeks until Spring Break! I am excited beyond belief. My best friend and I are going to New York City over the break and we have been anxiously waiting for it to come!

Spring Break, though, is going to be the beginning of a difficult time. Knowing that its been almost a year since the last conversation I had with my grandad is so sad to me. How has it already been so long?? What a godly influence he had on my life. This new diet has me giggling every time I think of buying grapefruit to keep at the house because grandad always told us that "grapefruit gives you chest hair". Of course back then I ate it just because I wanted to do everything just like granny and grandad did. Now something as small and ordinary as a grapefruit can send me on a trip remembering such a great man.

At the end of the day, God is faithful and He will never leave us. And because He lives, I can face tomorrow.