The Princess Gets Married!

Today at work I encountered an angel child sent straight from heaven. Seriously. I'm not sure where she came from but I sure loved it!!! Zoe was soooo well behaved I couldn't even believe it! She acted like such a big girl and was an amazing listener! Ah! I loved it! Well behaved children really are possible! :)

So as part of this amazing day with the angel child, we wrote a story together (word for word from her mouth) and it was so cute I couldn't help but share it!
We are going to put it together into a book and she is going to make pictures and everything. Should be fun :)

The Princess Gets Married
By: Zoe

Once upon a time, there was a princess with long hair and her name was Sleeping Beauty. And she lived in a cottage where here fairies protected her. And then her mom and dad protected her too. And then her prince killed the dragon so she would be safe. And then there were a lot of queens that were her friends that were coming out of the tummy of the dragon and turning into dragons and he fighted off all of them and all the people were in the cottage safe. And then more dragons came out and he had to fight more and more and more. And then more princesses came and more dragons came and more princes came to help him. Then all of them got married and got in one big coach and went to their castle. And when they got to their castle they got married again because they didn't kiss when they got married before and then they kissed again before getting in bed and they went "good night".
THE END!

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!

THIS is what I'm excited for this summer. Sitting at the beach with friends (hopefully) and listening to music on my ipod while I bask in the warm sun's rays and possibly soak up some knowledge from a good book. But the question I find myself asking is: How do I enjoy the summer and find time to relax before going full boar back to school in the fall, plus make money, PLUS start getting clinical experience working with families and individuals in therapy type settings? Again, its all about balance.

Today I'm trying to decide what route to take. To work 2 jobs, not have to take out loans in the fall, try to get experience and end up burnt out by the time fall rolls around. Work only 1 job and find a meaningful volunteer experience, take out loans and have time to relax and have fun before starting back in the fall. Decisions, decisions, decisions!

Balance

Balance. What does that mean??? And how exactly does one find "balance" in life? When I started this blog and called it "Balancingn Bethel and Believing in the Best" I knew that I was going to need to learn balance, but I didn't really know the magnitude of such a learning experience. And its not something that I have learned yet. I'm still trying to figure it out. How do you find equality in all areas of your life and yet be fulfilled and not just giving of yourself?

My first quarter of seminary lacked balance to the EXTREME! Taking 4 classes and working 30 hours a week was NOT a wise choice. Not sure why I thought that would work. By the grace of God I made it through and didn't even flunk out! ha ha Winter quarter I decided to take a few less classes. VERY wise. It was a much better quarter. Actually just finished up and I'm now on Spring Break and will be starting Spring quarter (the last quarter besides my week of summer school) in a week. Although life has been better taking fewer classes, I still don't have this balance thing figured out. Mainly, how does one balance work, school, and friends? Especially when friends aren't the focus of your life like they were in college....

I definitely feel like this tipsy stack of rocks....Balancing.... but maybe this stack is more of my goal. i think MY stack has more of a lean currently....