I Love...

Do you ever wonder why you love what you love? I mean... there's usually a much deeper reason than we even let ourselves figure out... a selfish reason, usually, too.
For instance, I love to travel. I would do it for a living. I love entering a new world and discovering things I never knew and meeting new people, new cultures, new foods, new traditions... I find it fascinating! It totally captures my soul. And yet I was wondering tonight if there's another reason that I love going to new places. I think it comes down to one word: new. Such a small word that can mean SO much. That word captures it all. When I'm in a new place, I can be a new me. no one knows me previously to know any different. They don't know my past. They don't know my weaknesses. They don't know that I tend to speak before thinking, or that I tend to overthink (it's one extreme or the other, isn't it?). They don't know that I eat out of boredom or for comfort or for sheer enjoyment of just tasting something delicious. It's not that I want to create a different me... I think I just want a chance to recreate how I present myself--how I'm perceived. Is this wrong? I think we all long for second chances. Sometime I wish I could go back to being 18 and change my post-highschool life--everything except for Moises, of course. I wish I had stayed in shape. I wish I had finished school. I wish... well, a lot of things. Not that I'm not happy with my life now. I have a fabulous husband whom I love and adore, who also loves me more than I probably think. I have awesome nephews. I LOVE my family! I have the best one in the whole world. I love my circle of friends... they're an unexpected blessing in my life. I have a God that believes in me and has given me a potential that I don't think I'll ever understand. That's just what He does for His children. I'm trying to figure it out though. I have a stable job. I have so much... and usually I (and most of you do too) don't think to give thanks or appreciate the regular or stable things in life. So maybe, just maybe, I don't need a new beginning. Maybe I just need to keep reminding myself that I am learning and growing, and that I do actually have an interesting story to tell, and it doesn't have to be to new people in a new place. I LOVE traveling--but oh how I LOVE home.

I found this picture online, too (What can I say, I've been a little lazy at work) I think it's the same picture that was used at church for one of the message series. I think it's an amazing picture... I wish I had taken it!

I've decided

Isn't this a beautiful picture? I found it online. And it's inspired me to make a decision... I'm going to start taking pictures again. I took a class a long time ago and loved it, and I have a nice camera...so I need to take advantage of that. Pictures capture memories... that's why I LOVE pictures! I love looking back through old photo's and remembering what I felt at that moment and laughing at the way I looked (I had many of those moments). So maybe you'll be seeing original Heather Camacho pictures on here sometime!

Spring

Oh, how I long for Spring! Spring means so many things besides just the end of snow. It can mean the end of a dark period and the beginning of something new and fresh. I need spring. I need something fresh. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. " Isn't that so encouraging? I often think "I am a sinner, I have a sinful nature", but I am so much more than that! I am holy in God's eyes, because when he looks at me, he sees Christ. Yes, I often trip and fall on this journey... but if there wasn't any bad, would we be able to appreciate the good? Sure, we are human, but we are called to be holy. Let's live up to our potential!

A Little Better

I'm feeling a little better. Today was my first day back at work... it drained me! Another thing drained me though... Moises and I tried to buy and house today, and they accepted someone else's offer. :( Last summer we tried to buy a couple houses, too, and obviously those didn't work out either. I never understand why God does what he does... I trust that He understands and knows what He's doing though! He has a plan... he knows when we should buy a house. I know he knows what's best for me and my hubby, but it's so hard to be patient! We'll just keep waiting and praying and keeping our eyes open I guess...

still sick

It's Monday, and I'm still sick... I went and got meds yesterday, though, so hopefully I'll feel better soon. I'm excited about "24" tonight though! I'm a big fan! Anyone else?

Sick

Yeah, so my boss gave me her cold... yuk. I hate being sick! And I feel like I'm always sick. Maybe I just need to leave this cold place called Rockford and go somewhere warm, sunny, and smells like the ocean... much like this picture. Yes, I think it would do. Cheerio!

Hey!

So here we are... just blogging away! I guess it's fun. My friend Brooke (aka "creek") inspired me. She's just started an amazing adventure out in California! I'm so excited for her :) Anyway... I'm just sitting at work... getting paid for typing in my blog! lol if they only knew! Well... I guess I should get back to what I actually get paid for.