I am: a child of God | a wife to an amazing and wonderful and patient husband | a mother to a brilliant and caring and snuggly son | a mother to a silly and bright and precious daughter | a teacher to the sweet Elkins Drumline Dancers | a worker for a church that is missions-minded | a friend to those who are a friend to me | a fighter with those who disrespect the ones that I love | a perfectionist even when I shouldn't be | captivated by the characters of Desperate Housewives | appreciative of the life that I have in Houston | thankful and grateful for even the hard times in my life |
I am not: what I appear to be on the surface | scared of dying | ever going to compromise where my family is concerned | afraid | sympathetic of people's addictions | who I used to be
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In the end it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about you. You have to be exactly whom and what you want to be. Most everyone is floating along on phony public relations. People who say being beautiful, or rich, or thin makes them happy -- people who are trying to make their marriages and their children seem better than they actually are.... and for what?! Appearances. Appearances don't count for diddly! In the end, all that really matters is what was true, and truly said, and how we treated one another. And that's it.
Julia Sugarbaker (Designing Women)
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"Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity." (Ephesians 5:15-16)
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