The past few months have been a whirlwind of change and activity in my life and I am constantly amazed.
I quit my job in August and took off on a road trip to Reno, NV. Through Dallas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Utah and finally ended in Nevada. I had a great time on the road by myself (some would say I was crazy) and I LOVED being able to stop and catch up with friends along the way.
Three weeks in Reno was the longest I had spent there since I moved away. My mom had hip replacement and I was blessed to have been able to be there to help with her recovery. As well as catch up with my family and friends. It went WAY better than I had anticipated.
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| Dallas, Oklahoma, Denver, Salt Lake |
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| Loving Family Time! |
After Reno, I drove through California, visiting with family and then headed down to Southern California for a week. It was a wonderful week visiting with some of my favorite people.
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| The Morales Gang! |
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| Makes me feel old - all the "children" I used to watch back in the Reno days. |
As great as the trip was on it's own....God had a way of making it so much better....and this is where My Story begins! So, there's this guy....
His name is John, I met him over a year ago and I thought he was, for lack of better words, an "immature ass" and he thought I was "stuffy and high and mighty".... he was a friend of a friend and I didn't have much to do with him. Well, a few weeks before my road trip, this same friend and I were going to dinner and she asked if someone could come along - it happened to be him. I almost instantly noticed a change in him from my previous encounters and came to find out how God had been working in his life over the past year.
We had several really good conversations and I really enjoyed talking with him. I was leaving on a road trip and was not assuming anything, therefore I was able to completely be myself, I was not trying to impress him or "chase" him - and yet, we hit it off really well. We got together a few times before I left and talked quite a bit while I was on the road and in Reno.
He suggested flying to LAX and driving back with me. I freaked out a little bit, but said okay.
When he arrived in California, I was really excited to see him and we had a great day at the beach. We spent a few days with my friends in La Habra and really enjoyed our time there.
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| Can't get any better than Laguna Beach |
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| Celebrating Fall with some of my favorite people |
The road trip home was full of great conversations and a lot of fun as we explored Arizona and New Mexico. The Grand Canyon was ridiculously amazing, we went to the Petrified Forest and got lost in the Apache National Forest which was beautiful beyond description. We had so much fun together and talked about everything you could possibly imagine. We laughed, cried, got lost, got a ticket (well, I did), and just had an incredible road trip together.
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| Rest stop somewhere between California and Arizona |
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| Grand Canyon |
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| Grand Canyon |
I am constantly amazed by God's direction for my life. Just when I honestly had come to be okay with being single and independent - I was not looking for anyone - I was just living and loving life, doing what I felt was the best for me at the time and along came this amazing guy, who has allowed God to change his life and develop him in to the man that I have waited 31 years for.
It has been an incredible journey and I am so excited for whatever the next step looks like. I am feeling the rewards of honoring God in my relationships and waiting for the person that God designed just for me.
I'm Constantly Amazed....
"Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation of shifting shadow." James 1:17
