Grace Upon Grace

It was snowing when I landed and it is now snowing as we get ready to leave this small little town of Tecumseh. It's quiet here. It's peaceful and it is simple.   I remember when I used to come home or visit other places, it was no big deal when I would head out. I wouldn't cry. I wouldn't get upset. I wouldn't freak out. But now I am a complete opposite. I bawl like a baby and I get scared when someone says, "When will I see you again?" Well, that happened about 5 times this morning and it's a good thing I I didn't pack my makeup in my suitcase. Talk about water works. Because honestly, who knows when you will see them. It's so easy to get so caught up just living day to day.  While getting ready this morning, John Mayer's "Who Says" came on Pandora and I began to just smile as I sat there. If you know the song, don't worry I'm not condoning getting high but I am condoning "who says you can't do what you want to ...

It's three am and I am still wide awake and still feeling like a kid on Christmas morning with joy and excitement. I am in my parents' new home and I just love it so much. I thought it might be weird not going back to the home I remember for the past 27 years, but this new home already has so much warmth and love within it. It is eager to make memories and share joy and laughs and kisses and hugs.   As I look back on 2013 with just under 6 days to go in the year, I am truly in awe by everything I experienced and took part in. I knew 2013 would be different and in most realities, I am a very optimistic person, but this year superseded every hope and dream I could have imagined.  I remember on New Year's Day I wrote out my goals, my desires, my expectations, and I even nonchalantly wrote down a few cities I wanted to visit on my so called "Bucket List." I said I wanted to lose weight and get healthier, I wanted to visit Chicago, get my passport and leave the country...