Counting them...

SO one of my friends wrote about her blessing so I thought I would also share some of mine:


11) My besties Kat and Brittany these to keep me grounded can't even tell you how much I love these girls they make me laugh when I need it the most but are still there to listen when I just need to cry. I can't thank them enough. I love that we get each other so much that we can have complete conversations without even speaking. (it really weirds people out) we just clicked and I am so glad that God put them in my life.
10) my Gamma Chi Sisters! I love these girls so much I know that we will come and go out of each others lives but I know that we will always be sisters and we share a bond that can't be explained you just have to be a sister to know what we are talking about I care deeply for these ladies and they have been so great one of the best decisions of college
9) growing up in a christian family this is a very old picture of our family at a Homecoming at Martin Baptist Church. the Lord has blessed us so much I can't even start to explain how...
8) my sweet little Cash Money! this little red head has stolen my heart. his blue/green eyes and that smile...and he can say Ashy now and oh my those kisses. He is a little heartbreaker!!
7) My Tripp I honestly can't remember life before this little man came to our family. This little man keeps us on our toes and we never know what he will say next. He gets it honest. I love getting to see his little personality develop and watch him learn and discover. I enjoy getting to read books to him and play matching games and puzzles. I can't wait to get to watch him grow into the young man that God is going to make him.
6) I am blessed that I have fun memories of moments like this with my sister we had a great friendship as children even though she bossed me around most the time but I loved when we got to do funny things like this! and as we got older I begged to go everywhere with her lol then as she moved of to college I loved when she came home or we got to go see her because we keep getting closer and closer, Then she got married to an Amazing man and I got a brother and now my sweet nephews! I love my sister she is my best friend AUDREA thank you for asking for a sister I hope you weren't disappointed...jk
5) my amazing grandparents Esther and Travis McMillen I was blessed to get to have my Granny Mc for 16 years...even when doctors said she would die 3 years before I was born. She was an amazing woman and the love of God was shown in her. My papaw mc still makes me smile I remember sitting in his lap and watching westerns and him always offering me a dip of snuff. They had five amazing children Sarah, Linda, Ronald(not pictured but his son Justin is) Jerry, and my Daddy (Tim) and they raised them in a caring, loving yet strict home where Christ was the center of their lives.
4) Parents that still love each other! I am blessed with a mother and father that are still very much in love the picture below is from my Mom's senior prom. and to quote my Dad " I love her more everyday" so after 34 years that is a lot of love :)
3) my dad I have always been a daddy's girl. when my mom was going to college I got to spend a lot of time with my Dad as he had just went into full-time ministry. I remember going to JR market and getting corn dog nuggets and visiting the Nursing Home with him. I remember our fishing trip and him trying to get me to play sport. He has always pushed me to do my very best and I am glad that he did...
2) my mom she is so amazing I love this woman and so thankful that I get to call her momma. She is someone i can always talk to no matter what I love how close we have gotten as I have gotten older I love our Mexican meals and shopping trips. She always encouraged me to just do it and not to second guess myself. Whenever I am like I can't do this I'm not good enough or smart enough she is like who says and I thank her for that
1) I am so blessed to a follower of Christ and he has blessed me so much I love him and praise him for all he does for us.

UPS delievers

I feel like a real grown person now....UPS delivered a box to my door that contained my first Grad school text book...I want to be a nerd and read the first chapter before class. Which if you knew me last year this would be funny because I rarely bought the book much less read it. But this is different this is Grad school time to put on the big girl panties and really try. 4.0 here I come!

New Beginnings

So I am now back in Hattiesburg. About to go meet with Dr.Baugh and do scary things like register for classes. I am so nervous about being back in school it is so weird. I mean it hasn't even been a whole year.
Anyways I am starting many new things and ending many old things....after I moved home I became addicted to something that most people don't know about. It wasn't anything illegal just sinful.(if you ask me about it I will tell you) I am trying to overcome this with the help of God. I know that He is the only one who can guard my heart against this desire. I know that I am covered in His grace and held in His hands so I am putting my trust in Him.
I am also trying to decide if keeping a certain friend in my life is really worth all the heartache that it brings me....
pleas pray
ash

One Week and counting!

So right now I am in my super cool apartment in my dear sweet Hattiesburg. I have missed this city so much. I have a job interview tomorrow and it is the perfect job for me. I really hope that I get this job. But after the interview I have to go back to Amory and finish out my current life. I will live in Hattiesburg for real as of Feb.14. It is going to epic.
This weekend has been good and much needed social time. I got to see a lot of my rx sisters on Saturday and tonight I got to see my Hattiesburg church family. I don't think I have laughed this much in months. I hope that I become a bit happier when I move back...It has been a real sad few months for me....It has been a black period. I am ready for a sunny spot!
God has really made this move work, if this were not his will things would not have happened this easily or quickly. He blesses me more than I deserve
in his name
Ash

bring on the changes

So...tomorrow morning I am going to put in my notice at work My LAST DAY as a Preschool teacher will be Feb. 11! LET THE COUNT DOWN BEGIN! I am so happy to get to go back to Hattiesburg. My apartment is SOOOOOoooOOO CUTE and I want to be there so bad. So as soon as I can I will be there! :)

excited...I think

so I am going on a Date and I think I am excited...I am excited about where the Date is at. What girl wouldn't want to go see Beauty and the Beast off Broadway. but this guy I really hope has grown up since the last time we hung-out. I hope I am not making a huge mistake. I don't want to hurt him. I don't want to hurt one of my best friends I am scared that this will cause me to lose one of my best friends...but I guess one could say that would be his own damn fault. Moving on is scary but its needed!
I need a change of scenery. Staying in one place is getting on my nerves!

Thankful in a Valley...

So the past few months have been, well not what I expected. But I still have many things to be thankful for. I have two amazing parents even when they drive me bananas. They love me they take care of me they are want to help me grow into a functional adult. I couldn't ask for two better parents. My mom is one of my best friends and my dad is my hero. Even when we don't see eye to eye I know he will always be there to support me. I have a wonderful sister who is my rock and I would not know what to do without her she doesn't know what she means to me. AND her wonderful husband who is more like a brother than a brother-in-law. I am so glad to have him in our family. My two nephews they are a gift from God and a bright spot in my life. I am thankful that I have a job. I am thankful for my friends and a few who have went above and beyond this year. I am so thankful for Brittany, Kat and Amber those girls make me smile on my worst days. Lee my new brother has also been there and I can't thank him enough.God has blessed me so much.