Growing in God

For those of you who don't know, I work in daycare as an Assistant Teacher in a Preschool room (3&4 year-old's). I absolutely love my job, I really do. I feel like I am where I am suppose to be and like I am right where God wants me. But, just because I love it, does not mean it is always easy. In fact, there are some days, I want to run away screaming. In this post I just want to talk about what it is really like working in daycare. Now lets start off with the best parts of the job. For me, the absolute best part of the job is getting to interact with the kids and helping them grow and learn and become the people God is calling them to be. I love watching them learn and play and get smarter and stronger in everything they do. Also, you never know what a kid will say or do, and sometimes, it just makes you burst into laughter and makes your day so much better. And getting lots of hugs, kisses, and "I love you's" makes it all worth while. And getting to inter...

I got a couple of things I just HAVE to post about. Because both are pretty big things for me and pretty big updates in my life and this whole crazy weight loss journey I have been on. First off, I have a HUGE NSV(Non-Scale Victory) to share. Yesterday(7/14/17) I went to "Michigan's Adventure" with my younger brother and my 9-year-old niece, Sophia. I have not been there for years. And the last time I was there, most of the rides, I wasn't even able to go on because I was too big and couldn't fit. I remember even being tossed off one of the rides and I felt humiliated! I felt so self-conscious and felt like I really wasn't getting to enjoy the park. But this time, I felt so confident and so excited, and I was proud to march up to every single ride and hop on and ride them with absolutely no problem! There was one roller coaster that I never even rode on before because I was too scared and because I knew I probably wouldn't fit. And this time I walked rig...