Grace, Love & Kindness + Life.

I've just finished up my 21 day fast. What an amazing experience. <I slipped up three times.>  For my first full fast I am pleased with my obedience. Giving up sugar, (sweets, aka chocolate, candy..) and junk food (chips... etc) was something I knew would challenge me. And it did. And I grew closer in the word of God during this time. What a phenomenal experience. I'm so grateful for the accountability I had too. Even from people who weren't on the fast with me. They knew and we're accepting and supportive. Onto the health side of this, I felt so much better! I'm not saying I'll be giving up cake altogether.. I couldn't do that to the cakes. But I will be subsiding with my intake. I still plan to limit myself. My next challenge begins Feb 1st. And I'm taking people with me on this one.  It'll be the entire month of February! Why yes... I did pick the shortest month. 28 days. The catch? Minus 5. You get 5 cheats. - "why...

We are 11 days into 2017. 11 days. That's 2 weeks... yes, 2 weeks. I've been sugar free for 9 of those 11 days (got a late start) I've been eating so well for 9 1/2 of those days. I worked out for the first time in 4 1/2 months. Why am I not skinny yet?? Isn't this what we all struggle with? All of those who are in the "New year, new me" bit that is. And maybe that's not your motto... maybe your motto is, "be better 17'" I don't know what it is. But somewhere along those lines, you completely understand where I'm coming from. And we both know, it's totally not realistic. You didn't gain the weight over night. You didn't just wake up with cellulite. ( no, you didn't. ) you also didn't wake up with the goblet. (the extra skin, under your chin) I wish wisdom was for the younger, because it's taken me 33 years to get this down. And the older I get, the harder it's becoming. I let myself ...

I'm done with the consumption of my life with such minimal 'things'. I love my phone.  I love food. I love chocolate. I love all sweets. I love looking at my friends snap chat stories.  I love reading facebook posts. I love seeing my friends and people who inspire me, instagram photos. I love reading updates on Twitter. I love Television. I love movies. I love food. Oh... wait. Seriously. I could be like Bart Simpson and write these over and over again, in hopes that I would purge myself from loving these things, too much. Which is where I believe I am. I also love exercise, and reading and I love spending time with my boys- all of them. But the things I listed above consume me. Too much. I don't really make resolutions. I don't wait for a 'New year, new me'. I wake up every day knowing it's a brand new day, and the fact that my eyes opened, I'm breathing and can see, means God has blesse...