Day #1: 250 Words or Less

  Happy 1st day of May to you all!
I am so excited to share this challenge with you guys!   Today...well for the rest of May actually, I will be linking up with Jenni
She came up with this awesome challenge called blog every day in May   I would say I blog anywhere from 4-7 days a week  already and sometimes that can be challenging.
So this will be very interesting.   The thing I love about this challenge is that she has already picked  the topics for each day to write about so it makes it a little a lot easier!   So lets get right down to business, shall we?!?!   Today's topic is " the story of your life in 250 words or less"   This is going to be a tricky one...but here goes nothing!       I was born in Bellingham, Massachusetts on October 3, 1984. I grew up Catholic and we went to church all the time as a family. I never really wanted to go or had any desire to go. The only thing I loved about it was getting all dressed up. I can say that I never really accepted or had a "real" relationship with the Lord. We did a lot of moving around because of my Dad's job (project manager of an electrical company) It was sometimes very difficult, but I loved seeing new places and meeting new people. Out of all the places we lived, we stayed in Oregon the longest. I wasn't a huge fan. It's a gorgeous state, but rains 9-10 months out of the year. My parents got divorced when I was a junior in High School. That was really rough. There was no work in Oregon, so my Dad had to pack up and move back to California. That was even harder. I was devastated and depressed. No more church. I worked during the week and partied on the weekends and sometimes during the week even. This was my life. Very unfulfilled and routine like. I was very lost. October 3, 2008 a dear friend bought me a Bible ask a gift. I set it aside for a few months. When I was in the darkest period of my life, I picked it up one day and started reading it. Little did I know that reading it then would change my life forever. Best birthday gift ever. July 4th 2009, I came to visit my best friend Jamie who lived in Arizona. I came to visit and immediately fell in love with Arizona. I am a sunshine kinda gal! I felt strongly like the Lord was telling me to move to Arizona. I didn't know why, but I just trusted Him. Went back home, packed up my stuff and moved to Arizona in August. Found a job, found a guy, found a church, married that guy and here I am. I am so incredibly grateful for this beautiful life. It's seriously so amazing. My faith is the foundation of my life and the core of who I am. I am so grateful for the dark period in my life that I went through, because it has brought me to where I am today. I know that I am who I am today because of all the trials and struggles I faced. Now I am not going to say that I don't still face trials or have struggles...because I do....ALL the time. It's just a lot easier now because I have God on my side who knows me and has a wonderful plan and purpose for me and my life. I don't have to face anything alone now. I have Him to lean on and I know without a shadow of a doubt that He is real and that with Him ALL things are possible. Life is oh so good and it has just begun!    Phew! That was kinda hard. I hope you didn't count my words because I went WAY over!
505 words to be exact! Oops!    Challenged failed...