1 month Sisterlock Anniversary Pics!

Merry Christmas and Happy Happy New Year!!!

Did you hear about the shake and quake here in the Charleston area of South Carolina?
It was really loud, scary and alarming!!! It happened about 7:40 a.m. My husband was on his way to take the girls to school and I was at home making the bed. Then suddenly this loud, huge, boom that lasted about 5-7 seconds propelled me out into the hallway and into another room. I sort of leaped over the sheets that were lying on the floor and was...gone! It seemed as if it came in a wave-like motion. Usually a loud noise or boom is an instant sound that lasts only for...a second. I don't know if you could imagine a boom that lasts longer than a second. Just think of it for a moment. A crashing sound that...lingered. That is probably the best way I can describe it. Even thunder sort of starts and restarts as a rumble, but this was...different. Either way it was amazing! I think that God's creation and His beautiful nature is just awesome. Which brings me to sisterlocks. I am enjoying reading everyone's blogs and comments. I really need to be studying for an exam that I have coming up. So I will try to stay away for a while. If I don't post anything until next year, have a happy happy new year and a very Merry Christmas!!!

You are a Butterfly too! :)

Why did I choose the name, "Lady Butterfly." Well simply because that is how I view the journey we call life. We are all in our very own specific stage of growth and development. Not always does it feel good or comfortable, but we must know that it is for our good. In other words, the pain, the trials, and the triumph are all a part of who we are and will become. God has allowed our metamorphic state to nurture us, (if we allow it to) teach us, mature us, grow us and show us who He created us to be. Of course we may not feel that those things we go through are necessary, but it is. If only we could see ourselves as the finished product of what God is trying to show us of who we really are in Him. Unfortunately, we will never really be... finished - of His work on our lives. This Potter, our Creator is constantly working on our flaws, imperfections, doubts, fears, and insecurities. Hoping that one day we will be able to let go and trust Him to finish the work that He has started in us. So I encourage you in the Lord, to stay in your cocoon. Don't emerge before your time. Your wings just may not be finished yet. Your journey may require a wider span than your neighbors wings. Or He may want you to just show the beautiful colors of your past and your story that He has painted to exemplify the unique you that you are. So if life has you in a situation where you don't feel your best. Be encouraged to know that His word says in Jeremiah 29:11, For I know the thoughts that I think toward you saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

So wait, my beautiful butterfly, wait on your expected end.