My sunshine series is a way for me to share my joys with you and make myself see sunshine no matter how dreary the week has been. Here are the ways I've seen sunshine lately: Going to my college homecoming. I saw lots of old friends, got to walk around campus reminiscing, took lots of silly/fun photos with my best friend, ate lunch at a delicious breakfast place we always loved, and enjoyed conversations with close friends. I love my alma mater and cherish all the memories from those four years. I love this picture, except for my red eye :( Spending time with my brother -- shopping and Continue Reading
Sunshine Part 2
My plan was to keep up with the Sunshine Series every week. It's not a good sign if I've gotten behind already! Oh well, here's a list of all the ways I've seen sunshine since the last time I posted: One night I went over to my cousins house and the three of us laid on top of the roof -- star gazing, drinking hot chocolate, chatting and laughing a lot. It was such a great night. We even saw six shooting stars. Even though it was night, I saw more sunshine during this moment than I have all month — definitely an unforgettable memory. I had a date night with my mom one evening. We went to Continue Reading
Sunshine Part 1
I'm going to start a series called "Sunshine," where I just share with you the joys of my recent life. It will help me look for sunshine, whether it be something small like eating ice cream or something big like a miracle from God Himself. I also want to share more pictures with you guys, so this will be a great way to do that. Here's how I've seen sunshine in the past couple weeks: Playing with my beloved boys Cayden and Reed at a family get-together. Let me tell ya, trying to get a (good) photo with these two rascals is quite the task. Here's try #2 Here's try #4: It was Continue Reading
Have You Been Seeing Sunshine? (Giveaway)
We did it friends! We finally hit 100! Thank you so much to everyone who helped share the page to get us up to 100 Facebook fans. Your support means more than you'll know. Because of your help, you are now a part of my ministry -- Seeing Sunshine. So what exactly does Seeing Sunshine mean anyway? Let me explain ... Seeing Sunshine has two main meanings. The first is that in our times of darkness — when we're stuck in a depression or just having a bad day — it's up to us to see the sunshine of each day. It's about being positive and focusing on the good parts of each day, no matter how Continue Reading
A Special Prayer
As all of you know, or at least my American readers definitely know, a shooting took place recently inside a movie theater in Colorado. A 24-year-old man, James Holmes, shot and killed 12 people and injured at least 70 during his shooting spree inside the theater right before the new Batman movie started. My heart goes out to those people who were inside the theater that night, as well as to the families and friends of those who were tragically killed. I ask that we all take time to pray for those traumatized by the encounter, for those healing in the hospitals and for the loved ones of Continue Reading
Starting Fresh
Welcome to Seeing Sunshine! This is my first post on this website. I've had another blog for over a year through Wordpress. However, I feel it's time to step up to the plate and create my own site. Something with a real name, with a real purpose. So I decided to do it. I bought my own domain, and then realized how much harder building a website can be than I thought, even with help from a web host and other bloggers. At one point, I thought "What have I gotten myself into?" I thought maybe I had jumped the gun without really looking into it - something I feel I often do. I realized how much Continue Reading