This is incredibly true. I hope I can remember this daily.
(via brooklyntree)
New Year… New Name…
In June of 2008 I met the man that I am going to marry. I didn’t know it then, but my life would never be the same. He thought I was weird and I thought he was too cool for me. I have been called many things in my life, mostly good things, but one thing I could never call myself was confident. I always thought that someday I would find love and happiness, but I never thought that someone else could love me back with such intense passion. He has seen me at my best and worst and lovingly accepts both. I am honored to stand by his side and join our lives together in 7 months.
I don’t have peace about every single aspect of the future (the unknown is quite scary), but I do have a sense of certainty that Kyle and I will still laugh like we are in this picture when we are old and grey.
This is a year that will change my life. Hopefully in several ways, but there is one way that trumps all others. This is the year I become Rebecca Jones. It’s such a surreal feeling. I am indescribably happy for all that this life entails (marriage, motherhood, etc.), but also it is bittersweet. All of the nicknames that went with my name growing up and the stories that involve “Becky Brand” will soon be an old life. I don’t truly believe that they are two separate lives, but it will be a defined change. I am not certain of my life’s full purpose, who really is, but I am sure that I was created to love Kyle Lance Jones. No one will love him the way I do, and no one will love me the way he does. I want to love him like he has never been loved before.
In every post I write I want to include something I love about Kyle. There are more things that I love about Kyle than dislike (although there are definitely some) but one of the things I adore the most is how much he loves my grandma. When we both get a day off together he usually suggests going out to see Nana. Even if all we do is sit in her living room and talk all day, he loves it. It makes my heart melt to see him laughing and joking with Nana.
I thank God for blessing me with more than I deserve and giving me the greatest gift of all. Love.
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13 (ESV)
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The Civil Wars, O Come, O Come Emmanuel
A lot of Christmas song renditions are really bad.
Not this one.
Love this song and their take.
(Source: jesus-music, via myheartcompletely)
"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me."
— Erma Bombeck
Life changes…
This is super cheesy, but I was watching the Biggest Loser and I feel so inspired to become more than what I’ve settled for. My life has been floating by, but now, I am going to be proactive about becoming a person who’s life would be worth remembering and living. I don’t want to look back at our wedding pictures and think, yep I didn’t even try to look my best, instead I was the heaviest I had ever been at that point.
Not only with health and just overall body issue, but always with career decisions. I’ve thought about doing several things but I’ve always ended up talking myself out of it one way or another. I remember seeing a movie and this girl had a quote written down and it was “find out what you want to do and do it on purpose.” If that’s the case, then I have some work to do. I’ve made the decisions, now it time to do it on purpose.
When I picture my life, the one that I can make happen, I am a (healthy) photographer who is consistently filled with the joy of the Lord and spending my time with my husband that I love and children that I adore. That’s doable right? ABSOLUTELY! Often times I am my biggest enemy. I sabotage my own life, which is so ridiculous. Not only do I need to be better just for myself, but Kyle deserves better too.
I will be better, I will become who I am suppose to be. I won’t hold myself back anymore. Oh the times, they are a changin’. :D
