My mom and I decided to take a mother-daughter weekend
vacation. With all the excitement of planning a wedding, there is also a lot of
stress. Along with planning a wedding and house hunting, I have started a new
job as an RN in the Emergency Department. Not only is this a challenging place
for a new graduate RN to start but I am also working night shift which I never
had to do in nursing school. This is a whole new life style. I am still
learning to be alive at night and sleep during the day. Black out curtains were
the best investment I ever made!
Anywhoooo…
We have all been so busy with life and haven’t had a chance to
have any mommy-daughter time so we just up and decided to take off to
Charleston, SC!
I have noticed lately that the Devil likes to put road
blocks in God’s path for us. We always ask for guidance from God and he always
provides, but the devil likes to give us a million reasons as to why we
shouldn’t do something. As our mini vacation started to approach, the weather channel
was calling for nasty, stormy weather. It would have been really easy to say,
let’s just not go since it’s going to be raining and we’ll try to go another
time, BUT we chose to go ahead and go
and just face whatever God gave us, rain or shine! If we would have postponed
our trip, there is no telling if we would have been given another opportunity
to just take off for a weekend.
We went and the weather was perfect! If you have ever been
to Charleston in the summer time, you probably know about the summer heat. It
is HOT and there is NO wind. We had 70-80 degree weather the entire time,
slightly cloudy, and no rain! Now you can’t tell me God isn’t good.
During our trip we walked the market of course, found my
rehearsal dinner dress, wedding dress accessories, got a massage, went on a
walk to the battery, took a carriage ride, and most importantly, we relaxed. We
got to just sit and talk about things other than the wedding which is the
center of our conversations when at home, 99% of the time right now. Don’t get
me wrong, I love planning for the wedding, but taking time to realize that life
other than the BIG DAY is still going on is important. It is so vital to take
time for family and embrace every moment you have with them. I have and will
always be a mama’s girl, but in 54 short days, I will be leaving the nest and
becoming Mrs. Sellers! God is so good and I trust
every step of his path. He has provided me with such a wonderful family, a great circle of friends, and a man of God to whom I will get to call my husband, and I
couldn’t ask for anything more.
