7 Favorite Things

APRIL (in May)

1. VitaMuffin - One point!! For all your other WW minded folks, you know a snack that is filling and only worth one point is hard to come by. They even have brownies!

2. Spring - "It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade." ~Charles Dickens

Spring has finally arrived. I'm also in my life journey in a spring season. When lived in the light, I am having summer days filled with joy and contentment, but when I hide in the shade of my sin, I find it cold and bitter like winter. But what is that saying, "April showers bring May flowers". I take it all in as a part of the process of blooming.

3. Gotham FREE Writer's Workshop - I'm in search of an outlet. I attended a free Children's Lit and Non-fiction writing workshop hosted by Gotham. The classes were filled with characters and not-so-great listeners. Stories of heartbreak and cancerous journeys to new dreams. I left the classes with two pieces of important knowledge. READ AND WRITE. Enough said.

4. Home - I went home for a week to see my Mammaw Davis (great grandmother) while she was in the hospital before she passed away. God has been so gracious to me this year in bringing me home to remind me of who I am in Him and refreshing me with sweet memories of where I come from. From eastern KY to eastern TN, thank you for being "home isn't home without you there". I wouldn't be me without each of you.

5. Quins - These are my girls. My sisters. My best friends. My shared tears, laughters, and fears.

6. Alice's Tea Cup - A pot of Phoenix Rooibos tea with pumpkin and ham & cheese scones.

7. Katie Herzig - Singer/Songwriter from Nashville, TN who won me over from the first listen of her album. Then I saw her in Brooklyn at The Bell House and her live performance sealed the deal making her in my top five of female artists.

"The sun left me so quickly, I am stuck under the moon, I want to belong to you. I pray no one finds you. I'll stay right where I am 'til you come back. Don't let me lose you before there's a chance to begin. I want to belong to you."