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About Me

who i am is always changing...sometimes more than others...i am thankful for that...for i know i am flawed and so humanly imperfect, so to know i am changing and working on it means i am not willing to stay in the place i have been, or to allow myself to be trapped in the comfort or the surrender to lies...but rather to throw my hands up and say 'i can't...but HE can...' what a relief! so i guess, who i am right now? get to know me and find out, just as i am :)myspace layouts :: Get this layout .

My Interests


learning new things, growing mentally, spiritually, relationally, culinary :), emotionally. reading all kinds of things, creating. creating things from paper and pencil to camera and a beautiful sky...just creating. music. i have a very eclectic selection! my ipod is a must have now. friends, i am blessed!my family- truly blessed!! caffiene, chocolate, pretzels,decorating, wall murals and funky decorative ideas, mindless tv (tivo!!), quotes, what makes others who they are...

I'd like to meet:

anyone...just real people...inspire me :)

Music:

like i said, eclectic mix here...anything that hits the heart...good lyrics...thought provokin', love Warren Barfield, Kendall Payne, Ayiesha Woods, Eiesly,Plumb, BarlowGirl, Kari Jobe,Jason Mraz, Building 429, etc. Jazz, Rock, Phantom o/t Opera, raspy jagged voices(male or female) are my favorite, or light and airy female too. I love continuously finding new artists...songs...
You Are An INFP
The Idealist

You are creative with a great imagination, living in your own inner world.
Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships.
It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close.
But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop.

In love, you tend to have high (and often unrealistic) standards.
You are very sensitive. You tend to have intense feelings.

At work, you need to do something that expresses your personal values.
You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist.

How you see yourself: Unselfish, empathetic, and spiritual

When other people don't get you, they see you as: Unrealistic, naive, and weak What's Your Personality Type?

Movies:

Pride n Prejudice,Cutting Edge, Memoirs, Pirates (1), Can't Buy me Love, 13 goinon 30, Phantom,Summer Stock and old musicals too. I do like many a chickflick but I like a lot of thriller/action movies too...they just aren't coming to me right now...:) .."[God] wants our minds to dance as he created them to dance..." ~MindGames (M.P.Turner)

Books:

Oh boy! Anything by Ted Dekker (just read Skin...i likey) or Frank Peretti,Linda Nichols(just found her and love her writing!), Francine Rivers, John Edridge. Velvet Elvis rox and so does Sex God (Rob Bell)...wow! I am loving the few i am reading right now...In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Boundaries, God Chicks, MIND GAMES and Blue Like Jazz(audio)...(yes reading them all...a bit here and a bit there...i'm eclectic, what can i say?! haha) Jane Eyre is one of my all time favs. Frankenstien too(really! both reflect feelings of not fitting in, being misunderstood...i can relate!) Want to read Soul Cravings, Captivating, The Saint... books make me happy!

Heroes:

My husband...he is my rock, provides for the family, helps EVERYONE and has a passion for life and Christ!

My Blog

be free

So&me again&reading another good book&interesting book&I end up on here saying that a lot don't I? haha&ok&this one is called God Chicks by Holly Wagner and it does rock girls!! So check it out& Any...
Posted by mel... on Tue, 01 May 2007 11:03:00 PST

a year

A year ago today my husband, Chris, fractured his skull in a freak accident. You can read about it in detail further down in my blog. It was a surreal and scary incident that seems so far a...
Posted by mel... on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:59:00 PST

worthy?

here is part two...warning this gets a little more 'ouchie' haha...not easy to hear or want to hear...but good to realize and understand...again, these are things i truly feel God laid on my heart, a...
Posted by mel... on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:02:00 PST

perceptions vs. reality

for any of you who missed the Embrace night LIES...I thought maybe you would like to get a glimpse into the night...so I am blogging some of my notes(yes for those of you who didn't know, i spoke...ga...
Posted by mel... on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:01:00 PST

to percieve

  are your perceptions my reality is what you think i am what i am to be could i be more than you see more than you know could my true reality be my own when will who i really am begin to show ...
Posted by mel... on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:12:00 PST

Fault lines

 I'm reading a thought provoking and challenging book called Having a Mary Spirit by Joanna Weaver. I never read the book "Having a Mary heart in a Martha world" but it is by the same author andI...
Posted by mel... on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:56:00 PST

War

just a note, this blog will make more sense if you are familiar with chris' accident...if not and you feel lost in this blog :) read 'Freak Accident' below. thanks   So, I have been thinking a l...
Posted by mel... on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:23:00 PST

If tomorrow never came...

A month ago, I wondered if my husband would be with me in a few weeks. I contemplated the impossibility of life without him and the fear of him never knowing how deeply I loved him. This blog has bee...
Posted by mel... on Thu, 11 May 2006 11:42:00 PST

Photos of the 'Scene'

I thought I would share some pics from the accident. They help a person actually see what happened and how much Gods hand was involved!!! Below is Erics jeep in the swamp on the left, a friends red ...
Posted by mel... on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:27:00 PST

Freak Accident part 1

Below is the story I have begun to write about the surreal experience we went through last weekend. This is my version, how it happened in my mind. I am starting to type out Chris' thoughts and memori...
Posted by mel... on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:54:00 PST