Wake up, Grow up, & Move on

Before I get into the deep stuff...I hope that you all had a GREAT Christmas filled with family and friends and more joy than one house can hold! We had a great Christmas at the White house....it was a semi-white Christmas and it was wonderful! We had a few difficulties with the roads out where I live and my dad ended up burying his truck in about 3 feet of snow just hours before my mom's side of the family was supposed to be out here for our annual Satterfield family Christmas Eve! It was a little bit crazy, but WONDERFUL just getting to have everyone together. We always have Christmas lunch with my mom's side of the family....which is HUGE. We all pack into a tiny little house off of University where people end up sitting on the floor to eat and the kids are pushed outside to play after they finish in order to free up some space. Honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way :) Lots of food, love and laughter and I LOVE it.


Now, I have a confession to make...as much as I love Christmas break and all the time I have to do whatever I want I really miss school. Certainly not the "school" aspect of it all, but my friends...and my life. I am blessed beyond measure with some of the most sincere and caring friends, but when we all go home communication gets lost and it is NO FUN! I guess you could say I am in a little bit of a funk.
I've realized in the recent weeks that the best friends that you thought would be racing down the nursing home halls in wheelchairs with you one day might not be there. The people you never thought you could run out of things to talk about with....you do. It's so difficult to realize you have lost something you thought was special because of distance and growing up to be different people.

Now, this blog is not at all to be a downer. I have just decided that tonight was the night to let it all out and move on. I do believe in the philosophy that God closes one door so that He can open another...so this must be the start to another door opening! Friendship and Family are two of the most important things in my life....and when I let a friend into my family it becomes even more difficult to realize that they have changed...and so have I. I pray that the doors God is slowly shutting behind me is just His way of telling me there are better things to come.