Excuse me for a moment while I wipe the dust off of this little blog.  How about a cute baby picture since I've been away for too long?



Hello cuteness.  I love your face.


Ok...back to the blog.

Wild and crazy things happen when you listen to God.  I would just like to throw that out there to start things off.

This blog will be celebrating it's two year anniversary this month.  It almost never happened because I thought that the world did NOT need another christian-mom-blog.  I'm glad I listened to God and not my own feelings.

Come to find out that the world didn't necessarily NEED another christian-mom blog....but I needed this here blogging community.  I went into this thinking that I had soooooo much to offer when really, it was God's way of placing people in my life.

If you are reading this and you are a blogger...you get it.
If you are reading this and you are not a blogger...you might think that I am coo-coo for cocoa puffs.

I assure you that I am not coo-coo for cocoa puffs.

This world of bloggers is a sort of community where we share aspects of our daily lives.  Some of us share our children.  Some of us share our faith.  Some of us share our pictures. 

All of us share our hearts.

If you read any person's blog for a period of time, you see the world through their eyes.  You get to know them.  You comment on their posts and they respond. 

At some point, a relationship is formed and that person becomes a friend.

That is when it happens...when two worlds collide.

The online world collides with the real world.

Is there a difference between an online friend and an in-real-life friend?  (The technical term for that is IRL...in real life.  It's blogger jargon.  Super fancy, huh?)

This summer, I was lucky enough to spend two days with a fellow blogger.  She was on vacation in Tennessee with family and drove 7 hours (one way!!!!) to meet me in person.   We hung out on my front porch...rocking the baby, talking, listening to the wind blow. 

You know those awkward silences when there is nothing to say?  We had none of those. 

I hijacked these pictures from Reese's facebook page.


Reese and Reese (no relation)



Reese, Reese and Kelsey



Erin, Reese and Reese


This girl?  She confirmed to me that this world of bloggers is made up of real people...with real hearts...and real friendships.  Meeting her was awesome.  We will meet up again even if I have to trek all the way to Oklahoma with two kids in tow. 

I've noticed that many of you have touched on this subject in your own writings.  I wonder if these feelings were brought to light through the passing of sweet, sweet Sara.  How do you tell someone that your heart is broken about the loss of someone you've never met in person? 

I tried explaining it and I got all sorts of crazy looks. 

So I'll just say it here.

This community that we have made?  I am so proud to call you friends.  Wild and crazy things happen when you listen to God...wild and crazy things.

I'll leave you with one more cute baby picture...just for good measure.  I mean, who doesn't love baby drool?

So serious!!!!