Recap of the week

This week has been quite busy for my family. My grandparents went on their first cruise and while they were away their kids and grandkids went to town on their home acting like "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" only instead, "mini makeover". The floors were replaced with berber carpet and laminate flooring. The "sewing/fabric room" was converted into a spare bedroom and the "junk room" was converted into storage/pool table (kid size) room. As excited as i was to see my grandparents faces as they walked through the rooms, I must say I completely forgot to take the first picture to document this special occasion. How nice it must have been to come home to your family ready to greet you with a smile and hug, and what a bonus to have the fireplace a glow, and the house "spic and span". Pretty cool! With all that now accomplished, it's time for a good 'ol day of rest! Praise the Lord for the weekend!:)

Thanks for listening.

Update

New News since I last blogged....

Went to two concerts... Soul Stash and Tyrone Wells/Jason Reeves/Chris August/The Autumn Film. I heard about Soul Stash through my friend, Chad. His brother is actually the lead vocalist in the band. They're really good. Tyrone Wells was the main person I went to see at the other concert. He is one of my favorite singers. I enjoy his style. While I was there, I was able to find a new favorite, Chris August. He has a lot of potential and will go far in his career I believe. You should check all three of them out. Good stuff. www.soulstashmusic.com , www.tyronewells.com , and www.myspace.com/chrisaugustmusic .

I've joined the church I've been visiting...Hallmark baptist Church www.hbcfw.org ..This church is the most geuinely God-centered churches I have ever known. The pasotr has been serving there for 15 years and with his zeal and excitement for telling others about Jesus, you would have thought he came straight out of Seminary or something. He is definitley plugged into the light source. I'm looking forward to growing and learning and serving within the church body at Hallmark.

The usual.. work... and work.. and work a little more.. but Praise Jesus I have a job!..

Lots to be thankful for..

Prayer Request:

Karis (baby girl stil in the womb).- she doesn't have a skull. She is alive in her mother's womb however as soon as she is born she won't survive unelss a miracle happens, which can happen if God wants that to happen, if not, please pray that through this precious baby girl's death family members and others will be changed by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Friend, Sarah- Traveling ( driving from Georgia to DFW.

Dad-Salvation

Lindsey Jo-Kenya and those she is in contact with. May her love for Christ shine brightly.

Friend, Robert/Shanda- each of them have a parent who they have lost. (Mother's Day and Father's Day will be here soon).

Soldiers-safety, peace, salvation

No place like Home..

Quotes you've heard before, .. " there's no place like home", ... " Home is where the heart is"...these words couldn't be truer!(is that a word?). Today was a tough day... I haven't been myself lately and been struggilng to figure out why. I thought I had thyroid issues (and maybe still do), but while I called my doctor asking questions about my symptoms of sleepiness (even after long hours of rest) and why the lack of appetite... I without knowing was being questioned over other symtoms, while saying yes to many of them, the nurse proceeds to tell me that I just showed several symptoms of not tyroid problems but depression. Needless to say, I didn't take it very well. Me, Heather Morris?... depressed... yeah right! The girls who is (or was) always smiling and laughing?! It's been tough to admit it all to myself. To be frank, I felt like I was in an AA program going through my first step!( NOt that I've had experience first hand wtih that). So,I'm not writing this blog to shout my mentally ill state of mind persay but just to hope for some sort of normalcy. I'd like to say I'm normal (for the most part;)).. I've always been a little different, hehe. One thing is for sure, I want to old fun, carefree Heather back. I never unerstood how someone could be depressed, I thought to myself, " just snap out of it", but now going through it I now understand. My entire world in a way has been turned upside down (positively or negatively), it's not the same at all anymore. I'm not close to my old friends, my family, my roots, my anything.. for the past 2 years I've created my life to what it is today. When I came to Southwestern, it was my first trip ever to Texas. With my youthful spirit, I thought I could do anything. I still believe that just now with a little more thought behind my steps. Don't get me wrong, coming here was defintiely in God's plan and I fully feel like I'm suppose to be here (at least for now), I jsut never thought about the adjustments once I got here. Hopefully, my past and present can start to unwind as I talk my way out of my problems with a stranger. Maybe I should just go to NYC and take the subway, it may save me a little dough talking to a stranger that way;).. jk. My insurance believe it or not actually covers it. So, with free visits, mine as well jump on the bandwagon, right? Maybe thanksgiving dinner will be the remedy too to getting back to me, whoever and whatever that is.

Everyday we change, never knowing what we become until we look back on our lives. Hopefully, one day I'll look back and not cover my eyes in shame but in excitement for His names sake!

I have a few prayer requests tonight:

Manning family- lots of changes and sicknesses

Dad-closeness with Christ, his job, his role as a father and husband.

Friend-blood work

Other Friend- testing for graduation

Nick-marathon this saturday (not to be sore, pace,endurance, strength mentally and physically)

Friend-to come back to Christ and get His life straightened out for God's glory, not his own.

Lindsey Jo-MIssion work, orphans

My roomie-youth, classes, balance, rest

Robert- mother

ALl the Soldiers... thank you for your bravery, strength and love for your country.

June 2nd.....

I'm in the midst of making myself a tshirt quilt but have yet to complete it mainly because I need a sewing machine so I'm gonna use my Memaw's once I get home to the Carolina's! I also have plans to make my brother a tshirt blanket. Who knows when I will complete that?! Hopefully, sooner that I think:).

oh one more thing before I forget, .. I have some prayer requests if you wouldn't mind lifting up as you read this, I and others I know would greatly appreciate it.:) Thanks and God bless!:)

- Co-worker: daughter's pregnancy

-Co-worker:recent death of father in law and husband is leaving soon ( military).

-Friend-obedience to the Lord's plan in his life.

-cousin-U.S. Army training/keep his faith strong as he is surrounded by unbelievers daily.

-Brother-college prepartions/future roommate

-Parents-obedience to the Lord's plan for their life wherever He leads them.

-Sarah, friend-grad school decisions/living situations

-Brandon, friend- summer camp, kids and peers and others he will be shining Christ around.

- Adam, friend- continuing dependence on Christ.

-Anna Paige, friend- Hungary Missions and Preparations

- Lindsey, friend- Kenya missions ( in orphanages).

-Emma Lynn, friend- financial circumstances, pray God continues to provide as said He would.

-Joy, friend at Beautiful Feet-to realize her body is the temple of Christ and to not allow it to be abused and to fight to have a better life.

-Dennis, friend-continuous inner joy through Jesus.

-Me- sickness, contentment, rest, obedience to Christ.

I'm sure I'm missing some... I could probabaly go on and on but I won't. If there is a prayer request you would like to have prayed for please send me a comment/post and I wil be sure to lift it up. Thanks for reading my blog. Hope you have a great God-filled day!!

Just a Follow up...

I'm back to "the great state of Texas" and as crazy as my weekend was traveling, I still am convinced it was more relaxing than my usual days have been for the past weke or so... Southwestern Savvy ( women's event) is this friday and in case you dind't know already, I'm the coordinator of it all which aka mean A LOT OF WORK! All the logistics I get to take care of however I'm looking forward to an awesome night of worship with women of Southwestern! The outline of the night is going to be worship, games (nothing cheesy) along with giveaways and then settling down with a guest speaker with the focal passsages being in Matthew 14: ending with music, fun fellowship, food and ministry opportunities! We even have a tshirt made for the night to reminisce over later on down the road:). The picture below is the shirt available in the campus store ($10).

Back to the out of town trip, It was great seeing my friend, Cay. I met her whenever I interpreted/lived in DC a few summers back. She was very hospitable allowing me to be the "laid back" one, it was nice! ( Thanks Cay), that was wednesday, then thursday evening I went out with my friend from the church I attended previously there, Stephen. He took me out to a meditteraen restuarant. It was a first time experience for me, but definitely a memorable one, ( in a good way of course). .. then it was off to finally see my college grls!! ( 301b!)... right away it was awesome! junk food!, girl talk and even down to knowing which gingerale I prefer over another ( which by the way is NOT Canadra Dry). Ahh, .. the joys of close friends! The following day (friday) we went out on the town (DC!) and not really sure what all we did but nonetheless it didn't really matter because we were together again and that's what was important! Saturday, was when I woke up extra early to catch a plane to NC in order to take a shower and ready for an hour long drive ahead of me in order to make it to my other friend, Courtney's bridal luncheon. It was definitely worth it though, a home cooked meal!!, .. oh and seeing my friend COURTNEY of course haha!MUAH- Court;)! Afterwards, checking into a motel only to catch a cat nap and then off to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner for the wedding the following day... oh and the lingerie shower after that! Yeah that was fun!:).. sorry no details. :p

The wedding was Sunday at 3pm; my mom ( in the pic) came early,that was nice, and then after the wedding (which was beautiful!) I got to finally see my dad and brother along with the rest of my aunts and uncles and cousins! Seeing my brother was one of my favorite parts of the entire trip even though I saw him for maybe 2 hours or so, it was still a great 2 hours. The following day (Monday), I woke up extra early once again to catch a plane out from NC to Texas so I could be in my seat by 12pm for a three hour long class.. yippee!!.. Now, I'm here in the library ( taking a study break- choke choke)... on a paper that I am struggling to finish. I feel like I have a bad case of senioritis and the bad part is, I'm no where near close to being finished ( or so it feels)..well.. sorry to chat so much, so fast and with so many useless details but that's what I've been up to... What about you?:)...

Almost Extinct

I can't believe it's been SOOO long since I've blogged. I guess it just goes to show either 1) how busy I've been or 2) how many different websites I can surf and how many different email accounts I have to check on a daily basis. I almost wish at times that life were just a little more simple back in the "good ol days".. I've never really understood why so many people see the "good ol days" as so good whenever the present days aren't always so hot. I guess the other phrase that comes to my mind is " dont' know what you got til it's gone"... which by the way is a great 80's song:).
So, another summer has past by and well my days become a little wiser yet some days "not so much". Have you ever wondered why you can be so smart one day and so dumb the next? I feel that way a lot more lately. I think I'm slowly gaining momentum with the smarter days though, haha.
Right now, I'm in Panera Bread, on my laptop in a room full of people whom I've never seen before in my life. All of which have their own lives, their own problems and their own "smart" days. However, I'm sure they each have had their share of "dumb" ones too.
I'm not really sure what this blog is suppose to tell you that I'm sure you don't already know but just typing out my thoughts as I guess you are "suppose" to with one of these things.
As for now, I'm going to get to my studies that I've been pushing to the side since I've been here in Panera so I can understand all of the material I need to for my test. so, ... ta ta for now.

-Heather Brooke

Just Catchin' Up..

It's been quite awhile since I last blogged so lots to catch up on. I know I won't remember it all so I'm not even going to try. I will start ( and end ) with what I remember:).

I went home with Bradley for Easter weekend to meet his family. It was alot of fun:). I was a little apprehensive at first just because the thought of "meeting the fam" but it turned out to be a great decision in the end.

Midterms and final projects ( and now finals) have been not only in my mind but everyone else around me so it has been a challenge to not feel the stress coming in all directions at times but God is still God and is seeing me through.

A week or so ago my friend, Katrina and I went to Downtown and planned to watch TMNT but instead we cancelled that idea and went towards Sundance Square. Much to our surprise and advantage, Tracy Byrd and Charlie Daniel's Band was playing for FREE:). We had a blast!!

Just a few days ago, Bradley and Brandon had a cookout at their apartment. I must admit they both surprised me with their cooking. It was great:). Afterwards, Charis and I went to the Water Gardens in Downtown Fort Worth and then headed over to check out the Arts Festival all at the last minute. I love living life that way:). Never a dull moment haha.

Oh, and I almost forgot, I started my new job working with Sorenson Video Relay Service. It has been quite a challenge but also a wonderful opportunity and experience. Daily God reminds me of how much I have still to learn and to be patient and humble with it all. It is difficult, I must admit but I am getting there, slowly but surely.

In only a matter of weeks, will be me graduating from my undergraduate school ( officially), Yes I am doing it a little backwards, but it is because my school back in NC is so small they just postpone the december graduates until then.

Well, guess that is about it for now. Just a quick catch up. Goodnight!