Who Am I? (October 2009)

Isn’t that the question of the age, right after “what am I here for?” Thankfully God fills my purpose and my being. But my identity is going to change in less then 7 months and since this is my first blog I figure I will start here.

I am a wife, to a wonderful man, he is more then I deserve and I am grateful everyday for the blessing of having him in my life. I strive to live up to that blessing, some days are better then others Nobody is perfect, no matter what my Ob says, that is another blog!

I am a daughter, to wonderful parents. I pray that I am half the parents they are. My brother and I are good kids, and I don’t mean that to brag on myself but on my parents. I honestly don’t know how they did it – instilling God’s love in our hearts, a passion to serve Him with our lives, all at a young age that kept us safe from so many pitfalls of this world. The conclusion that I have come up with is that they lived it out in front of me. They lived out their marriage, their relationships with family and friends, their Christianity and they love me unconditionally. Which is the best way to inspire your children, I know I never want to disappoint or let them down!

I am a sister, you’ve got it, to a wonderful brother. I don’t think another sister has as much love as I do for my brother. Thus the moments we fought or the times I wasn’t there for him haunt me. We have always been close. I know growing up in a foreign country tightened our bonds of family, but even before moving we were close. He is my younger brother so I got to mother him as much as he would let me, but as he grew he protected me like a big brother. I had the best of both worlds!

I am a friend, niece, granddaughter, cousin, aunt, co-worker . . . There is so much that makes up ones’ life. Many roles we play. My prayer is that in all of them I am a Christian worthy of the title, so that in everything I do my God says “well done good and faithful servant”.

I enjoy reading my friend's blogs. And they all seem so thought provoking or hilariously funny or worse - both. I'm not sure I can compete but the idea of having a blog appeals to me. I have tried before my baby girl was born, and failed. I'm blaming the fact that the site was too complicated. This seems much more user friendly, thus less daunting. I am going to give this blog thing another go. I will post my 2 posts from my old blog as I like them and they were a lot of work to compose.