It Was Time...

 

There has always been a defining moment with others that my attention was captured and I felt the switch from friendship to more. With time you begin to love.

David is different.

I couldn't put my finger on any defining moment. The moment our eyes met, he was magnetic. The air changed, something in the universe shifted, and I couldn't get enough of him. I knew... and it was all together different. 

Instead of falling in love with him, I know I was in love with him my whole life, I just couldn't find him. It took 50 years. 

God knew. Timing is everything and He picked this most perfect season in my life for for our paths to cross. I'm grateful for the years I took off from dating. For being still and truly wanting God to pick the perfect man for my life.

The prayers that went up, "please, don't forget all the details that were important to me,  I know I have forgotten..."

David's life was in a perfect place for us to meet, too. 

When we met, my soul recognized him. "There you are..." There was no falling in love with him, I was always in love with him. 

I know he says he feels like he's always known me. 

Perhaps, our souls knew when God said it was time to meet. 

When I Saw You...

 

We talk about that first time our eyes met. For me, the room became electric, his presence powerful, he was magnificent, and I knew.

Then, day-by-day I began to know him... and I am still the girl who lights up at his presence and I long for the moments I see him, the world slips away, and I lose myself when I step into his arms. He matches me and I feel as if I am being breathed in and well-loved. 

Hours upon hours, days and nights, connecting and recharging being near him.. and the sound of the rhythm of his strong heartbeat nestled in his arms with silent prayers, "Thank you, God" going to a holy God.

Finally, I found him.

There is no question he is hand-picked by God, because only God can give me all my hearts desires, sprinkled with fairy dust, and showered in admiration and respect. 

I want... 

"I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten..."  - Joel 2:25

 

Heartbeat

 

I clicked on the video Mariah sent me and I heard the strong heartbeat of my grandbaby in her womb.

I'm certain she has listened to the video of her baby's heartbeat over and over, and I have to. As the momma of the mom-to-be, my mom instincts are as alive as they've ever been. Now, there are two, my baby and my baby's baby. 

There are two in heaven I long to meet one day and I am so grateful for the heartbeat of this grandbaby I already am in love with. The thrill of smelling a newborn, learning if it's a girl or boy, what/who will it look like, and falling in love with it's unique personality, hopes and dreams. There is so much to look forward to.

For Sofia, I had a nice size baby shower and gifts. For Rowan, I had a "sprinkle" and let her pick out a piece of furniture. For this baby, I have Bump Boxes being delivered to Mariah once a month. They are pregnancy boxes with special things just for her being pregnant. 

Let's be honest, I will find plenty of gifts for my grandbaby's birth. It's part of the joy being a grandmomma. 

Congrats Brooke & Alex!

 

It was on Brooke & Alex's 1st Wedding Anniversary they received the keys to their new home!

Congratulations on your 1st wedding anniversary and your new home, what a wonderful way to celebrate and I am so proud of you both making such a responsible investment into your lives together!

It is a dollhouse with a great piece of property. 

Radiating Happiness

 

The General Manager and I have shared an office for the last almost two years. You really get to know someone spending so much time in such close proximity. 

David stops in to see me and the staff adores him. He is a social superstar laughing and having conversations with each of them. The girls have commented on his incredible body. Yea, I know. *lucky me girl smile* Sometimes we sit on the patio laughing and talking and I'm learning the girls love to watch us. They've never seen this side of me... they know me being professionally tough. 

Dominic, the GM, a Millennial, looked at me yesterday out of the blue and said, "I'm never happy for other people... but when David walks in, you absolutely light up and I am really happy for you." 

David is magnetic and when we see each other there are fireworks! All my senses come fully alive and the world slips away when I step in his arms. He is the epitome of a man who lavishly and openly adores me and let's me know he wants to take care of me. 

This seasoned warrior with a romantic soul is the most brilliant man I've ever met and he makes my soul sing. 

Absolutely his presence makes me radiate happiness. 

What I've Learned Losing 50 Lbs

 

I did it. At 6 months on Keto, I have lost 50 lbs!

Let's just say that I am not proud sharing I had 50 lbs to lose, but I share because I am grateful at 50 years old I knew I could get it off and I did. Thanks to Dr. Josh Axe Keto Diet (his is the healthy version of Keto), I hit a significant goal.

No, I am not stopping here. 

Let me be honest and say I am really comfortable with my body and I could stop here and be content, but I'm not. At 50 years old, I want to see how responsive my body is to keep going while adding strength training.

There is a list of goals I still want to accomplish for the sake of having goals, because we should always have something to work towards to achieve.

If I want something, I eat it, I just don't eat it every day. I know the food combinations to eat that puts me into ketosis and my body naturally burns fat. 

What I've learned on Keto... I've learned to enjoy the taste of vegetables more. I've learned that eating 6 oz of meat makes me feel like I have a brick in my stomach. Eating foods low in carbs and little natural sugar, if I eat something with sugar, I get an instant headache. Sweet wine is now too sweet. 

I've learned how dangerous processed sugar is to the body. How the American diet is made up of processed sugar, grease, processed foods, no wonder there are so many diseases. 

I've learned the nutritional value of organic, free-range, and wild caught food has significantly more nutrition. They may cost slightly more at the store, but it is better to pay for better nutrition now than the pharmacy later. 

Good health is a blessing. What you add in your body is a choice. Choose wisely. 

Thank you, Dr. Josh Axe. 

 

He Makes My Soul Sing

I lose myself in this man who makes my soul sing and there is something that happens in the universe when I step into his arms. It's different than anything I've ever experienced. 

Kimberly's wedding was a perfect celebration to dress up, dine and laugh all night. He did that thing where he asks a series of questions and basically reads their thought. He nailed 100% guests at the reception sitting at our table. Everyone was nothing short of amazed. 

One skeptical and guarded, said, "You'll never guess this..." He did. Another, in emotional tears with an answer near and dear to her heart. Him a fount of facts and information, reading the room and whispering in my ear the personality of each person. When I say he's smart, he is the smartest person I know. He is exhilarating... everything about him is...

... and I am lost in the euphoria of being a woman with an amazing man. 

 

He's the One

 

There has been only a couple times in my life when I heard an audible whisper that wasn't my intuition.

I knew the moment I met him he was going to be significant. Knowing that and grateful for my age, wisdom and life experience, I know what I want forever, and it's making really great daily choices to  grow in this new life together.

Meeting him 100% in our relationship, I am letting him lead. This is super important because I want to see the man he is by his choices. I learn more where he is at by listening and watching and seeing what he is made of on his own free will.

There is one really important topic that I knew in my mind how I was going to handle. He absolutely stunned me by taking the lead... almost as if he read my heart. It was then, I heard an audible whisper that wasn't my own, "He's the one." 

Did I think that or hear that? I heard it. 

He knows me. He seems to know my thoughts, my wants, and my desires. I asked him again, can you read my thoughts or do you need to look into my eyes to get answers? He shared looking into my eyes helps, but he can read me most of the time without it. I knew it!!

My thoughts race all over the place from being stoic to transparent with him. I choose transparent. 

The goal for Christian woman is to find her Boaz, a romance and model of love. It's a bar set extremely high and men in general don't have the energy, desire, want, kindness, niceness, character and integrity to strive for. I found my Boaz. He's the one. 

It isn't just about being blessed finding a Boaz, it's also about being the woman we are created to be, because it takes two giving 100% in every day choices for love and life to be extraordinary. 

Word is getting out we are dating and strangely enough, people are really fascinated. 

Plasma

Several months ago, a friend mentioned they were donating plasma. The first thought is, do you need money? 

Unless you are doing this for a specific person, nobody wants to do this for no reason. My friend has a colleague, a business owner who does well, donating plasma and has over $2K on a debit card from donations as she has a goal of buying a nice sewing machine for herself. 

Depending on the plasma location you go to, they pay out different. 

    One location:  First 5 visits are $65 each, beyond that it averages $50 per visit

    Another location:  First 5 visits pays out $525, beyond that its $55 per visit.

Each visit takes 45 minutes to 1 hour. Easy and you stop when you want. You can do it once or you can do it a maximum of 2x per week. On average after initial visits, regular visits pay out $420 per month. 

Money is loaded onto a Visa card after the visit and it's tax-free. I have two 1-hour windows of time in my week. I grab a book, check in, get hooked up, read, then leave.

It's like Monopoly money. It's money that doesn't come out of your bank account and can be used for anything. I've told both my daughters and son-in-laws, that if they both throughout the week individually stop two times, they will have $840 extra dollars per month. It's Christmas money, vacation money, hobby money, date night money, what ever they want to use it for money. It's in excess of their income, no-guilt, buy what you want money.

Plus, plasma is used to help others. 

Electric Powers

He trains the best of the best to be their best. A call yesterday became low-level interrogation and verification, he is the smartest and the best. I already knew it. 

A training accident with electrical shock has gifted him with uncanny superpowers. Total confession, because this is bizarre, I was teetering hard on BS. Then he did it, again and again and again...

He can ask me a question, nobody knows, then looks me in the eyes (while I am focused on visioning something/someone) and within 20-30 seconds he knows the answer or the name. 

It started off as basic questions that I called him out on he could find given his extensive permissions. Then, it became questions he wouldn't know, couldn't know, one question only my mom could answer.

Sharing this with my mom, she said, "Absolutely, it's true. That she has heard of this many times!" 

He asks me a series of questions, leans close and looks in my eyes while I am focusing on the answers. He takes his every opportunity to kiss me as he is reading me. His natural ability to know what I am not saying heightens my want to communicate with him and my keen sense that I believe he has the ability to read me quite possibly without looking in my eyes. I am low-level testing this. 

It's beautiful to be known. It's extraordinary to feel enraptured by this man who is absolutely crazy about me.

After my interrogation yesterday, I gave him the heads up, and he was questioned the same. When asked the level of our relationship, he said, "Put it this way... I would do anything for her."

Only God.