I promised with the last blog entry that I would write about what I had learned at the Women's retreat I attended last fall...then life happened...literally.  :)  We moved out of our home that we weren't sure was going to go through with the sale, so we hadn't packed yet (just in case), we welcomed our second son into the world (we love you Ben and are so glad you're here!!!), we all got really, really sick (flu, pneumonia, RSV for Ben, sinus infection, colds), BUT here we are - alive and kicking and grateful to be getting over the latest cold!
Anyway, excuses aside, I've finally found some time to blog.  Guess where my notebook is with all my notes from retreat?  Upstairs in the same room as my toddler who's avoiding sleeping - so I'm not going to go in there and give him ANY more excuses to get outta bed...  ;P  And there's another excuse...
It's all good - I can wing it:
At retreat, I learned that I need to ask for help.  I learned that I need to immerse myself in Christ.  I need to feed myself, daily...or I will starve.  I learned that I teach by how I live.  How am I living?  I learned that you can't "self-help" your walk, you need others.  I learned that I NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT!  That's my biggie.  Stop pretending every thing's perfect and just be me with the people in my life.  There's no need to be "an Eeyore" about things, but I need to be transparent, and know that the people that love me will love me anyway.