paths

It is so weird how things change all the time. If you look over your life and think about how you acted/looked/thought when you were five, fifteen, twenty and now. Im sure that you are still recognizable as you but think about how many paths were placed in front of you and how the ones you choose have shaped you.

I think about my decision to move into my moms house when I was fourteen and change schools. What if I had not done that? What if I would have gone to Hoover High? Would it have changed anything? I do know that I would have missed out on knowing alot of incredible people. I know that I would have been a very small fish in a very big pond at Hoover. I know that I may not be as close to my mom as I am now and that would have not been a good thing.

Then I think about my decision to go to Alabama over Auburn. Most of my good friends at homewood...including my semi boyfriend at the time...were going to Auburn but I choose to go to Alabama for a few different reasons. So if I had chosen the other option what would my life be like right now? Would I have gotten a different degree? Would I have married my then boyfriend? Or would I still have met Tommy some way some how?

Don't get me wrong I love how my life has turned out and im glad that all my decisions have gotten me here an made me the person that I am today. I dont regret any of the paths I have chosen. I just think it is human nature to think about all the different decisions we make over time from something as small as what to wear today to big huge life changing decisions and how they all effect us and effect everyone around us.

LOOK!!!

so this weekend we got a chance to go to Tuscaloosa and cheer on our team....Roll Tide!! We were offered free tickets by a friend and although Tommy is not a huge fan of going to games(he would rather watch them on tv) he knows that I love it so we got my parents to take Cadence to the lake and then we started to try to figure out our weekend. After trying to find a place to say and realizing that everyone had already loaned out all there beds and floor space we decided to just drive down sat morning and come home after the game...This was also a good strategy to spend less money....so we thought!

We get up Sat morning and head down...we park at his parents house who live on seventh street so its only a block or two away from everything. We decide to go to the strip to see if I can find something red to wear. I have a few tshirts and then lots of red winter wear but nothing much for summer. So we run into a shop on the strip and while I did not find anything I was really in love with for a shirt to wear I did find these....




They are so cute i just could not resist....And of course Brooke you can borrow them:).... We then went on to purchase me a shirt Tommy a shirt and Cadence a dress. So our whole spending less money plan went out the window!!! But we had a blast Roll Tide!!!!

trying to find a place

have you ever sat and thought about what you would do with your life if you had more money? Im sure each and everyone of you have thought about what you would do if you won the lottery. Im sure that getting out of debt, houses cars an travel have all passed your mind...mine too. Although lately i have been thinking about all of these things due to the fact that I recently bought my self some lotto tickets and could possibly ( in a million to one chance) win over 30 million dollars.

So besides paying off all debt and putting money aside for Cadence and any future kids, giving money to family and friends what else do I want to do? I really want to go some where and make a difference. Whether that be to Haiti or Africa and help/mission for six months or so. How humbling would it be to live somewhere where they have nothing but there family and there faith. Also, I would love to help out kids here in our country in any way possible. Set up some kind of local place for the underprivileged youth of Birmingham to get classes in the arts.

I also would love to adopt a child. I have always wanted to do this whether that be a baby or a grown child that needs a home and someone to love them. Adoption is something that due to money has always seemed unreachable for me since I sometimes have trouble paying the bills I have now.

So even though im still holding out for that Lottery I started to think about what I can do now to make a difference even though I have no money. Im going to start volunteering at Children's Hospital. They do have a process that i have to go through to get ok'd. So as long as every thing goes well one step to doing more. Every little bit counts. Everyone can make a difference.