I promise to get better at this!

Sarah and I at the HALF MARATHON!!!

Terri, Jackson and Lori and Lilly!!!

Me with Jonathan, Andrew, Jordan and Madison after graduation!!

Me with the Fam at Graduation!!

The Mississippi Bridge!!!

Me with Maria and Logan!! Tootsie in the Snow! She did not know what to think of it! I do not think that she liked it, I think that it was too cold for her!!

Ok so I know it has been about 6 months!! I promise to get better!! So it is the week of thanksgiving and I have oh os much to be thankful for!! I am thankful for life that I am still here brathing and living, to have such a supportive family and friends, to have a dog Tootsie that has been there for me when I knew no one in Mississippi, that I have my dream job, that I have God's mercy and grace to cover me when I mess up! and that he also provides!! That is definitely not everything but just a few! I am so excited that in less than 24 hours I will be on Texas soil again. I am so excited to see friends and family and get to spend itme with both.

I am excited to come Home to Texas but have now made Mississippi my home and will be looking forward to ocming back. That is so weird because just months ago I still felt like I was just here visiting. I now have come to accept and celebrate that I am a Mississippian! I am a transplant and Texas will always be near and dear to my heart but it is no longer my primary home!! It will always be home because my family lives there and I will always have roots there!!

Not a whole lot has changed!! I am still loving my job so much!! I am very much looking forward to a break because it can get just very emotionally draining. I know it can be hard and challenging but in the end it is so worth it. I on a daily basis get to help cancer patients. I get to help them with everyday things and stress so that they can focus on their fight for their life. I get to hear some amazing stories of people that have that hope and fight from the time that they hear the words "You've got cancer" to the people that have to dig to find that hope and someitmes they find that hope in some of the programs and services that their American Cancer Society can provide. That is so rewarding to hear it in the patient's voices that you have really helped them.

I have moved!! I am still living in the same complex but have moved in with a girl that i have met through church! Sarah is just a few years younger than me and is a 5th grade Science teacher. Right now we have her classroom pets at the house for Thanksgiving break!! Louis the guinea pig and Gidget the fish!! Tootsie just does not know what to think of Louis!

I am going to be attaching a few pictures so you can just see a few glimpses of Mississippi life so far! I do not have a lot of pictures and plan on changing that! I have gotten to know more people since getting involoved with my Sunday School Class!! Jessica and Matt and I have been hanging out and they are a ton of fun!!

Of course I have already seen New Moon Tiwce and absolutely love it!!!!!! The Blindside is also so incredibly good!!

Love you all!!!!