Grace Upon Grace

I told myself eight years ago, I was never going to get another puppy. Ever. Well, here we are and I survived the first year of rescuing a crazy-energetic-obnoxious-most loving pup, I could ever stand to meet. And that says a lot given my previous pup I raised. Yes, this blog is about my dog. Yes, I rescued her one year ago, TODAY! WHOOHOO! Rewind eight years- I was fresh out of my college. My roomie moved back home to Alabama to be with her family and it was my first official time, “out on my own-solo.” I called my mom and told her I was adopting an eight week old German Shepherd, Ellie Graham. My mom said I was crazy and that I didn't need a puppy. I told her, it was a dog or a gun, so we settled on the puppy. Unfortunately, Ellie's life was cut too soon and she went to heaven in 2013 due to an unknown illness. I never thought I could love something so much, as I loved Ellie. Yes, she is the reason I am naming my coffee shop, Ellie's Coffee. And yes,

Words. Sometimes they flow like rivers that cannot be stopped and then sometimes, they barely come like rain the driest of deserts. I have felt like the desert lately.  So much on my heart and so much on my mind, but unable to genuinely express them. Ever been there? I feel like I have lived there for the past few months, so much that I don't even know how long. There was a moment when I felt so overwhelmed that I would cry and weep just because it was releasing  something . I don't know what that  something  was, I just knew that it was a release.  I pulled up my blog this morning and it's been close to 8 months since I have written; that seems crazy to me. Life happens. I don't want to use that excuse, but life happens. So for the sake of  life , let's recap shall we? Started building a house. Got offered my dream position. God said NO, not right now. Sigh. Went through a week of mourning and crying, got a puppy. Visited a house that was for sale. God sa