Inspired

Hello all....(and by all I mean whoever it is that may read this at some point) :D
Well I started a blog in high school, but never really got around to writing in it after I graduated. So I decided I would start anew. Today is day #1 of a facebook/secular music & tv DETOX (desperately needed). I have so missed the cloud of peace thatwriting casts upon me....I am often caught up in life, "too much to do and too little time" and all that. (Which is actually a lie....I always have too much time. I just spend it doing meaningless things....hence the DETOX!)

Anyway, I've decided that starting right now I am opening a new chapter in life. It is time. If you had asked me when I was a 16 year old tomboy, soccer player who preferred Jeans and one of my dad's baggy old sweatshirts to dresses and flats....I would have never guessed that I would end up here. Back then, my main concern was who we were going to play against on Friday night and whether or not my parents would let me spend the weekend at Emily's house. You see, Em had this giant bedroom all to herself, painted neon green, complete with a papisan chair and a giant poster of Jeremy Sumpter (gasp!)....he's the kid who played Peter Pan and we both loved him. So compared to my cramped bedroom complete with a bunkbed, another twin bed, and bookshelves that I had to share with my two younger sisters....Emily's house was my escape. It was there that we would tell each other secrets and watch Monty Python movies with hommade penut butter popcorn....and I would suffer throug both Emily's infatuation with Matt Damon and her pestering little brother Samuel, who at the age of 12 was the most annoying little boy in the world (besides my 9 year old brother, Caleb, that is).
It was strange to think that all I ever wanted to be was grown up....but now that I am, I jut wish I could go back and tell 16 year old me to take her time and enjoy being young. It's what I tell my baby sister all the time. :) Don't try to speed things up, just relax and have fun with your friends....do not worry about grown up things just yet....let it be.
So, back from my tangent....I was this fit, lean teenager who just wanted high school to be over so she could move out of her 3 bedroom house stuffed with the 7 members of her family, and grow up, maybe go to school, write a book, get a good paying job, get a husband, and have lots of babies. I never thought at 20 I would be a licensed hairstylist that actually loves fashion, living in San Luis Obispo sharing a room in an apartment with my best friend since high school (you guessed it, Emily), who works part time in retail to pay SOME of the bills while she looks for a job in her actual vocation. The only part that miraculously is some what in place is the fact that I have THE most amazing boyfriend ever. Let me tell you about him:
Kevin Ford Markley....if you knew him, you would wonder how in the world I (being the klutsy, air-headed, silly, very LOUD woman I am) obtained such an awesome, Godly, funny, loving man. I still don't know, but when I figure it out, you'll be the first to know. Kev has this way about him that makes you feel like his family. You always know exactly where you stand with him because of his honesty. Spending the last year of my life with him has been an incredible blessing. He has lead me in our relationship since day 1 and continues to challenge and grow me every single day we are together. He laughs with me (and sometimes AT me), he cries with me when I am sad, and he holds me to his side and reassures me that that is where I belong. Though I do not deserve it, he is quick to forgive me of my wrongdoing and encourages me to seek God in whatever stage or phase of life I am at. He shows me of his love for me and my love for him grows with each passing day. I will never quite know how I was so blessed to have found him, but I will always be thankful because the Lord knew exactly what I needed. :)
Though I struggle and stumble, making mistake after mistake, he never leaves me and shows me that God is able to pick me up and brush away my tears, forgive my sins, and grow us as a couple. So as long as it is His will that we are together, I will cherish each moment I get to spend with the man that teaches me more about love, and about myself, than I could have possibly imagined.

So there you have it people.....that is my life thus far. Stick around....things usually get interesting in the world of Kelsey.