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If We Could Meet Today...

 If I could meet with you today, and there are so many I wish I could meet with like I'm able to with littlesilkdress, I would be sipping on a big glass of tea because I cut coffee out when I found out we were pregnant. And the only things I ever drink are water, coffee and tea, so as you can imagine I live off Ice Tea and Water.  :)

If I could meet with you today I would tell you that this year seems to be flying by so quickly, I can hardly believe that it's already June, which is also a bit exciting because November is just a bit closer! But honestly, I'm not looking forward to the summer heat because since this pregnancy I run about 10* hotter than normal, and being too hot makes me nauseous.    I would tell you that June should be exciting because we find out for sure what our little baby is - boy or girl.  At the end of June my sweet sister-in-law Heather is getting married, and I'll be standing up with her as a bridesmaid and Ryan will be their officiant.

If I was meeting with you today I would tell you I'm starting of June with a calm, content heart. Thank you so much to those of your that left me comments and sent me emails after the post a few days ago.  I would tell you that My heart calmed yesterday evening and I found the calm and content-ness that only God could provide, so I'm so grateful for those of you thinking about me and praying for me.

It's amazing isn't it, how we can all out hearts to stress and fill with worry even though we know exactly where we should lie those thing, handing them over to a power much larger that we will ever be?! I'm a woman full of faith and in some areas I'm totally trusting in God, knowing He will always prevail and always provide, but sometimes it isn't so easy to hand it all over. I know its what I should be doing, and its not that I don't trust God with it, but sometimes I'm a little impatient and stubborn I suppose; But the moment that I do, I know without a shadow of a doubt it's where it should have been all along.

 

Most recent photo of my Grandma, and Granddad John - taken a few weeks ago.  

She is in her wig, but I think it looks pretty natural.

If I could meet with you today I would tell you that yesterday was my Grandma's last chemo treatment, we hope anyways. The last round was the toughest on her yet as the chemo caused sores in her mouth making is nearly impossible to eat and she became very weak having to use a walker when she needed to get around and spend a lot of time resting.  I do know that she is very appreciative of all of you that have been thinking and praying for her.   We will see how this treatment effects her, hopefully it's better than the last.

If I was meeting with you today I would tell you that we are looking forward to a quiet weekend this weekend as next weekend Ryan will be out of town for our "brother-in-law-to-be's" bachelor party, and I'll be spending my Saturday evening with sister-in-law at hers. Then we will have a quiet weekend, then it's wedding time. :)

I would tell you that I'm finishing up a blog design for the shop, and had a decent sale recently there.  I'm still crossing my fingers that it picks up soon, however, I count every order that comes in as a blessing.  If you haven't checked out the updated shop, please do so! www.ShopStreeterLtd.com

Tell me, if we got to meet today for coffee or tea, etc. what would you tell me?  What's new with you?  What's on your heart?

Scenes from our weekend.

This weekend we got to have my sweet little sister come stay with us and we had such a good time!

Dinosaur Ridge! Her sitting with the footprints.

Her first mini trip to Bandimere Speedway:

We spent Sunday at the lake where she met her new friend Savannah, who is the daughter of friends' of ours. Went on her first boat ride and went fishing.

And the trip wouldn't be complete without a 3-course fondue dinner,
Right?

Weight on my Heart

This blog has been my corner of the internet world for over five years.
It's been a fixture in my life full of my hearts ramblings.
It's shown growth over time, it shown change, it's shown my heart.
I've documented monumental moments, shared what's weighed on my heart and all of the adventures of our lives the past several years.
For many years this blog was made up of connections that I've made and blog-friendships have developed becoming part of our life and us becoming part of theirs.

It's a beautiful thing.
I didn't care who read my blog, as no one read it that I knew. I could write what was on my heart without thinking twice, without worrying if my words would be taken "personally" as if they were directed at them.

But recently I've had a bit of troublesome thoughts weighing on my heart about this blog.
For years, we have shared our lives with all of you. But in our personal lives we are private people, we don't have Facebook for the very reason. Those closest to us that we want to know whats in our lives - we talk to, we share moments and things with. With blogging that was never a problem, until recently.

We made the decision together to step away from a friendship of a few years, step away entirely - requesting that they don't contact us, and that our request was that all ties were severed. However, we know that our request won't be honored, as it's already been infringed upon.

I haven't posted any new photos or posted baby updates, I haven't shared things weighing on my heart and this breaks it even more. I've received emails checking on us and the baby and sending wishes our way - and inquiring why there haven't been more updates.

Now, I'm going to add that there is no threat of this other person being a harm in anyway - so please don't worry about that friends. It's purely that we are more private people, I suppose that might sound silly since our lives are posted on the Internet but part of me feels different now. Feels like there isn't a boundary even at the request.

So maybe this post sounds silly, but I'm at a crossroads now in my life. If there is a line that can't be drawn and respected then maybe it's time to close down this blog, deleting my hard work of 5 years. Maybe it's changing the domain and losing followers or making it private losing new followers. I'm not sure, but at the moment I'm brutally torn - because I feel like this isn't our open space anymore.