“I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.” ― Little Women

a few of my favorite quotes

"Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one’s side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music; perhaps . . . perhaps . . . love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath."
— L.M Montgomery

" I want to marry a man prepared to swim against the tide"
- Elizabeth Elliot

"Hands are the thermometer of the heart.
And a heart that burns for it’s First Love — it flows like mercury to the hands that then reach out to warm a numbed world." Ann Voskamp

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
- Dr. Seuss

"I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens, but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a strings. –l.M Montgomery

"The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman.- Elizabeth Elliot

"Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself." –Elizabeth Elliot

I acknowledge that He is control of everything in my life, and that He will work it all for my good and His glory. Therefore, I walk through the week trusting Him and obeying Him and rejoicing in Him, letting my mind dwell on things above.
This is walking by faith. This is the Christian life. Each week we get to begin again, laying a new foundation of worship. This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it! ~ Nancy Wilson

"So many people are shut tight inside themselves like boxes, yet they would open up, unfolding quite wonderfully...if only you were interested in them."
- Sylvia Plath

"Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;

Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.

Weary and homesick and distressed,
They wander east, they wander west,
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best.

Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bird is safest in its nest;
O’er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky;
To stay at home is best."- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“When we lay the soil of our hard lives open to the rain of grace and let joy penetrate our cracked and dry places, let joy soak into our broken skin and deep crevices, life grows. How can this not be the best thing for the world? For us?” –Ann Voskamp


"Do I like jello?"
"Nice coat. Merry Christmas to you too. You're beautiful. Will you marry me? I love you!" -While You Were Sleeping

"Thank yer, ladies and gentlemen. Thank yer" -You've Got Mail

“You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count.” - Winnie the Pooh

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before I die, the moments before I sleep.” –Ann Voskamp

The simple lack of her is more to me than others’ presence. -Edward Thomas

...for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Philippians 4:11

"Clogged with wishes. I was wishing that my wishes were what God wished, and that if my wishes were not what God wished, I wished that I could wish that my wishes would go away, but the wishes were still there." -Elizabeth Elliot

There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind. -C.S Lewis

"Quite frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" -Gone With the Wind

"That's Re-dikorus." -Tigger

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

and the world spins madly on...

Happy first day of February! Can you believe I forgot I had a blog till a few days ago? Yeah...just a few bigger priorities I guess. When I disabled Facebook, and almost all of my other social networking outlets, I though I would have more time for blogging. Guess not! 

January was a busy month and one full of changes, both big and small. At the beginning of the new year I decided that this was going to be a "back to the basics" year for me. One of my biggest goals had been to regain control of my diabetes. After years of playing at being a "normal" college student I bit the bullet and have been working much harder at doing all the little things I know I have to do. I am proud to say that after only a month of working at it my daily blood glucose (bg) average is down about 20 points! I still have many months of hard work ahead but I was so encouraged by that! I also have been wearing my sensor almost constantly AND HAVE NOT HAD A SITE IN MY BELLY FOR 3 WEEKS!  That is huge for me! I have always preferred my stomach area for all my sites, shots, and sensor for almost 15 years. You can't imagine the scar tissue I have managed to build up...yuck! I have been enjoying reading the blogs from some people over at the DOC and was inspired to try putting my sites on my lower back and hips...wow! I can't understand why I was so scared to try it till now. I haven't had a single problem wearing them back there, even with my sensor that is a little annoying to wear. Although, I have had to ask for help inserting and taping them...which I also NEVER do. I have always been very independent when it came to giving myself shots, finger sticks and inserting sites..oh well. 

I also went to a diabetes support group meeting last night! Its been years since I had any want to do such a thing. I even went by myself and only contemplated running out the door one time! ;-)  I was a little disappointed when I walked in only to see about 25 men and woman over the age of 60! Great...all type 2s...*sigh* I sat down anyway and was trying to listen to the CDE talk about pumping..and to not roll my eyes..when I heard a pump go off. Of course I looked down to check mine and then looked around the room to see another 20 something girl doing the same! I wish I could relate to you the excitement that was on both of our faces! There is just something about meeting people that know exactly what you are talking about. Don't get me wrong, my friends and family try very hard relate but its hard to understand what it feels like when my bg drops too low or the frustration of rolling over on my pump only to have it vibrate an alarm and scare me awake. Anyway, I was glad I went, and even more glad to talk "diabetes" with someone who had been living with it as long as I have.


Speaking of living with it for so long, August 15th will be my 15 year anniversary! I remember that day so vividly. Wow.. So in "celebration" I am planning on going to Friends For Life Diabetes Conference in Orlando! I am applying for a scholarship and trying to figure out some fund-raising so I can go!  Here's hoping! 



Golly this post got long and diabetic-y :-p. Guess I will just have to blog some more later.. 


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  1. SaraFebruary 1, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    Hi Shay! Gorgeous beach pictures. How is the no-Facebook going? I've been tempted to pull the plug myself lately! That is AWESOME that there was another girl at the meeting! Veddy happy for you. :)

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  2. ShayFebruary 1, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    Sara! So glad to see a comment from you! No FB is going well. I missed it the first day but that's about it. I say, pull it! :-P Hope all is well with you! We need to catch up...!

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