It's been a long time...

As I sit here having just finished updating my "info" on my blog, I am trying to figure out exactly where the last 3 years of life went.  My 10-year-old is now 13.  Since I attempted to start this blog 3 years ago we have moved into another house (for those of you who know how we like to buy and sell-I hope this is it for a while) and I have been doing my best to balance marriage, kids, work, and nursing school.  I have to admit that the balance has been "out" more than "in" but I wouldn't trade it for the world.  Of course if I could, I would find a way to have more time with my family because so much has been stolen away by school.  But on the flipside, I feel totally confident that my getting a degree as a nurse is what God has intended for not only my life but for my family as well.  Our lives have been touched by some really great nurses over the years of complicated pregnancies and premature births and I feel compelled to "pay it forward" to the world.  As our family has muttled through the past 3 years of life + school I have learned a lot about what it truly means to live your best life- one day at a time.  There have been some tough days that seemed as if they would never come to an end.  But alas, they did and we all survived.  This time last Monday I had just finished my final exam and it was all that I could think about until it came-and went.  Now that I am officially enjoying summer with my family it seems as if it is only a distant memory-not something that consumed me a week ago.  While I make no promises as to the frequency of my blogging I do hope and plan to do so as time permits (for sure before 3 more years passes by).  I'm sure that summer will allow for more before I jump back in for my final year of nursing school.  When that time comes, hopefully I can at least find the time to allow a small glimpse of what it looks like to be living in my happy chaos~