What I'm For....My version of Pat Green's song

I'm for newly sharpened pencils and school supplies

I'm for sitting on a porch swing on a warm spring day

I'm for southern ice tea, the sweeter the better

I'm for warm Jiffy cornbread right out of the oven

I'm for learning something new each day

I'm for having the guts to say I'm sorry and trying to learn from my mistakes

I'm for telling people I love them and how much they mean to me

I'm for not only praying during the valleys in life, but thanking God while on top of the mountains

I'm for loving deeply, like I've never been hurt

I'm for the thrill of a new adventure and to feel blood pump through my veins

I'm for always growing, changing, and trying to improve myself

I'm for having deep meaningful relationships with people where I can be completely myself and feel accepted no matter what

I'm for finding out what I love and life and doing that consistently 

Friendship...what a blessing

I recently created a book club made up of 8 friends of mine.  Every woman is extremely different.  Our ages, backgrounds, belief systems, and a few different occupations as well.  The one thing that ties us all together is a fondness for reading and fellowship.  As I looked around the table tonight as each woman shared their unique perspective on our current novel, I couldn't help but feel immensely grateful for the people that god has put into my life that nurtured me into the person who I am today.  I remember going off to college with stifled and unrealistic views of the world.  God in his all knowing power and grace stripped away the layers from my eyes to show me an entirely different side of the world that I had never known and probably wouldn't have without the amazing people I call my friends.

"You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another." -Proverbs 27:17