Faithbooking

About a year or so ago I was looking for religious scrapbook papers online and came across FaithfullyYours.net. I signed up for their newsletter and learned more about Faithbooking. I love scrapbooking and and I'm striving to become a better Christian so I was excited about this notion of reflecting on my faith through scrapbooking. It seemed easy enough. I never really started my faithbook though. I kept all of the weekly emails and filed them away in their own folder but never really gave them any real thought. After all, I was (still am) a working mother of 2 who was also going to school full time. In the last few months I have found the time to read over the emails and see online how others are faithbooking. The weekly emails that I just stashed away seemed to be written just for me. Email after email addressed something that I was facing. The more a read the more I could see that not having the time to reflect on my faith and work on it and strengthen it could no longer be an option. Without the reflection and learning faith begins to sway and deteriorate. But with strong roots it can grow and grow and with stand any storm. So today begins a challenge. I am going to start my faithbooking journey with a journal. I will write in it daily and weekly I will my a faithbook entry to illustrate what I am learning in hopes that it will not only be a tool for me to grow but also my children or anyone who reads it.

Do Over

It seems I always have grand ideas but terrible follow through. I wanted to begin a blog to have an electronic diary of sorts that would also keep me in accountable for what I think and say and do. I guess I fell a little short.
In the last year and a half since my last and only entry life has been a roller coaster ride of emotions to say the least. I began the Masters portion of my curriculum spring 2008. Through poor planning and over commitment on my part, I did not do too well in Fall of 2008, the semester before I was to begin student teaching. Long story short I did student teach, 50 miles away, but not under the MS program but licensure only. I also have not found a teaching job or even had an interview and that is depressing on it's on. I am determined to follow this through this time even though I feel like throwing in the towel. I will continue working my part time job and subbing on my days off. As I think of the up coming school year, my stomach turns with anxiousness, excitement, fear, and at the same time a bit of relief. I still will like to obtain my Masters in Elementary Curriculum or Reading. Maybe while I'm subbing and working part time I maybe able to do just that.
We also hit financial hardships that we are still working through. I do not know at this time exactly how we will come out it, but I do have hope and faith that we will make it through.
Hopefully this is first of many posts as a continue this journey we call life.

Blogger Virgin

This is my first attempt at blogging. It's a little weird that anyone, anywhere will know what I think. But I guess it's still up to me as to what I put on here. I want this to be a positive outlet from all the confusion and chaos that some times crowds my life and thoughts making it hard to see the truth and what's important. Here I am. Sharing and typing for clarity and purpose.