Dusting off the old blog to see where it might go....and maybe I can encourage somebody...

 You know some times in life things come up and you're like NO WAY not even a possibility!? Long story short...it happened about a year ago...and today my life is a complete different story then I ever imagined it could be. Last November, I moved to Bonner's Ferry ID and ended up working almost full time for my Uncle's family baking a LOT of bread. 

In January, a cousin from SC messaged me and asked about some things about being fulfilled in singlehood...I didn't talk about it much cause I found that not dwelling on it made life happier and I could be more content. So when she asked I had to think a while to actually think of the answer for her...I think I was able to fully explain it and reading it again today after a conversation with a lady from my new church yesterday it got me thinking...I think I want to post it here to put it down so that I can remember....and maybe I'll need the reminder one day even though God has brought me to the path of becoming a married woman. Here's what I sent my cousin ....Maybe it can encourage you no matter your stage of life...

Way's to feel fulfilled as a single person:

1. Choose joy

2. Find purpose

  - that's why I have my projects and signs

3. Be grateful for what your do have

4.remember the blessings that your do have....

5. Always remember that if you can't be content in life as it is today how do you expect to be content in 

any other lifestyle? That's probably the best thing anybody ever said to me one day I was having a 

pity party.... There are areas in every lifestyle where we could find reason to complain and be

 discontent... Contentment has been a big focus for me in the last couple years and it has helped!

6. Don't wait around for somehow to make your life interesting! Be an initiator! Get out of your 

community and help those in need!

7. I don't do great at this but having a continual running conversation with God is helpful in all 

these areas! Tell God your struggles, your wishes, your desires.... Then be quiet, listen, wait...

 I know some people like to talk about being single and how but of a struggle it is... And it can be...

 But I'm not one who really like to talk about it a lot.... Cause dwelling on it makes it hurt and it's not

 worth that pain!

8. If you don't have the opportunity to go into missions and find yourself with a place of your own.... 

Make it a home! Make it beautiful, make it a place that you enjoy spending time, and share it with 

others....

9. Oh, boy! This is a much bigger epistle then I ever dreamed I would come up with! 🤭

 Hopefully what's what your were looking for! I know some of those are pat answers but having 

experienced them makes then more real.... But like I said.... I don't know but I really think it's a bit

 of a daily letting go and letting God!

Little did I know that God was preparing my for a new phase in life. And I for sure didn't realize how quickly

He was bringing that change in my life...Today my main job is to make supper and maybe work on my

sign shop...Yesterday I joined the church ladies for sewing, yes, I actually quilted...Monday, I worked all 

day on the construction site where my new husband is building a shop...(do you know how funny it feels

to me to say that I have a husband?) Someday I'll have to write our story and share a bit more on life in

the PNW. But today I think that the list about living a fulfilled life is enough to digest...

 

Thought you might enjoy a few...Let me introduce you to Mr and Mrs Kyle Stutzman!