the next faith hill?

well, she has the twang thing going on atleast=)

words of wisdom?...yes.

to go along with the post from a few weeks back: CLICK HERE

Love this song right now by Laura Story: Blessings
With my favorite line:
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst
This world can’t satisfy?
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We pray for blessings, we pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering

All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near?

What if trials of this life
Are Your mercies in disguise?

We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough

And all the while You hear each desperate plea
And long that we’d have faith to believe

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears?
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near?

And what if trials of this life
Are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us, when darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
It’s not our home

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears?
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near?

What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst
This world can’t satisfy?

And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise?

we came. we conquered.

we left at 4:45am...so this pic was about 5:45am...the sun was just coming up! Nashville was so sleepy and quite and peaceful when we rolled in...until we got to the spot...and saw triathletes buzzing all around! i love the energy that emits from triathlons. If you have never watched one or participated in one.... make it you goal! It' s really a fascinating sport.

last sunday was the Music City Tri. My buddy Mandy and I came and conquered=) The Music City Tri is the 2nd oldest Tri....this year marked 33 years. It was one of the most enjoyable Tri's. We swam, bike, ran right by the Titan's Stadium. The swim refreshing...but the current was strong! I accidentally got off course...was going straight...but the current was so swift that it pushed me down stream...quick! The bike was on I-24. They shut it down for us...awesome! The run was right through downtown Nashville. Gorgeous. I just love being from TN and love living in TN. Participating in this Tri reminded me even more how much I love living here!

last week

work is a delightful place to be when you absolutely adore the people you work with...side by side. thankful.

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i didn't know it at the time when i snapped this shot, but a fly landed on ckc's leg. do you see it? random timing!

hello del coronado- hello happiness

had our ford 20 group meeting in del cornado, ca (right outside of san diego) last week. the weather was pristine...hovered around 70 degrees=) had a blast.
my 1st view of the beach each morning when i went on my morning beach run.

our group had a dinner cruise one night...ckc LOVED it. fascinated by boats.

ckc proudly sporting my VOLS visor.

our friend erin came along to help out with the kids while we were in our meetings

cheese!

our hotel. build in the 1800's. simply fantastic.

ckc 10 min after our flight to AZ took off. she was a angel during the flights...thank goodness!

happy 62nd bday dad! you're the youngest 62nd year old i know!
momma's girl!
mom and dad at the San Diego zoo.
chloe wearing a funny monkey mask
ckc looking at otis the hippo

smiling....

Shaun, Dad, Murray, Larry...in our meeting this am. Shaun won a sales contest and gets to have 3 pulls in the silver dollar bucket. This is a crowd fav...it's funny/ entertaining to watch. One of my 1st sales meetings...they had the silver dollar pull... I love it. It's motivating to me...and I don't even get to pull!

Dad's longtime buddy, Teddy McCain, popped in our meeting this am to surprise dad for his upcoming bday. Teddy has been 'robbing dad' for most of dad's life (as dad would say)....and by robbing- he cuts Dad's hair. HA! Anyway, Teddy bought this ridiculous visor that has WILD hair coming from it. It was hair-larious. couldn't resist.... :)

night-night Molly. haha.

ckc is into to saying 'bye-bye' to everything/everyone...including this baseball game we went to Fri night. AND- for night-night time, we now get to say 'night-night' just about to everything in the house....stuffed animals and toys included. hum....is this her way of postponing the inevitable? LOL.

picture this

2 different views on one of my running paths at the Lake. took them today. can you feel the serenity? can you hear the quietness? can you breathe in the beauty?