September Stampede

If you only knew how many times I've thought to myself, "I have to blog about that." September was like driving a ferrari while being hijacked. September was how fast your momma would run if she saw a herd of elephants coming her way. September was like hearing you won a million dollar sweepstakes only to find out you had to give up 50% of your earnings to taxes. September was NUTS! It was full of joy and blood, sweat, and tears. And that, my friends, is why I haven't blogged in weeks.

Right now, I'm sitting here trying to wean myself off of my work so I can rest and the best way to do that is with a blog.


I was so excited to fly back east, road trip for many hours and see my childhood friend Lauren marry her Prince Charming. We had not seen each other in maybe 9 or 10 years, but it felt like we picked up right where we left off. Silly me thought that if I left my haircutting scissors at home that I wouldn't be cutting hair. Someone found small kitchen shears and my hands did their magic with a cut here, a few bang trims there, and several wedding updo's and makeup. I had so much fun making everyone feel beautiful and I even got to play/sing 6 songs for Lauren's Cinderella themed wedding. One in particular was so special to me.




Lauren wrote a GORGEOUS poem for my wedding last year, so I surprised her at her ceremony (after clearing it with the groom) with her song "Ever After." I tweaked her poem and set it to music and can NOT wait to record it!!!! It was beautiful.

I also got to see my parents and my kitty cats! (highlight of my trip) It was so refreshing to drive the country roads and see the blue sky after staring at a computer screen and 4 white walls for the past several months. I LOVED inhaling the fresh country air. The south is truly gorgeous and it felt like home. I borrowed a laptop for my trip so I could try to stay caught up with work, but could hardly connect to the internet...I came home to a mountain of catch up work.

We have been blessed to watch God grow our business quickly and no one could have prepared us for the reality of being business owners. How could I have been so ignorant to what blood, sweat, and tears really means!!! This weekend I bled (no, really, a girl was breaking down the portable dance floor, tripped, and she and the table fell on my leg - it was great), I sweat a lot while building these booths and carting them across California and her parking lots, and I cried today with tears of overwhelmedness (should become a word).

The busyness of our lives has become a challenge to navigate - especially spiritually. My relationship with God should be my #1 priority and it hasn't been. I've wanted to be close to Him and hear His heartbeat, but I simply haven't taken action. Oh, that I would see my great need for His nearness. That it would press upon my soul much like the pressures and deadlines of my work. That I would sense the urgency to be near Him today while it is still today. I was encouraged by this short but meaty passage from Micah 6:8:

"He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."

The best way for me to remember this verse is by Steven Curtis Chapman's song, "The Walk."