Gotta Start Somewhere

So, I've never really done this blogging thing, and this is my futile attempt to start. Not quite sure how many people will ever read or respond to anything I have to say, but you never know. I've been known to stir things up every now and then!

A lot has been going on in my life lately, and it has been so awesome to see how the Lord has been working and completely faithful despite my own personal selfishness and pride. After losing my job on New Year's Eve, it seemed like my perfect little world as I knew it collapsed. In retrospect I know it was the Lord removing me from an unhealthy situation for me and my family and catapulting me into a new direction that I had been praying about all a long! Losing my job was literally an answer to prayer!

Fast forward a few months and it's been incredible to spend time with my family and get to know my now 11 month old daughter more than I have in her previous 9 months! It has also been a huge time of learning and personal and spiritual growth. I am looking forward to updating this blog and writing more about my time of growth and learning.

If you happen to be reading this and are wondering about the significance of Benjamin Street, there isn't a whole lot to it other than it was the name of the first street I grew up on when I used to live in Bristol, CT. For me, it brings me back to my childhood and is a reminder for me that there is value in the way a child approaches this life. Jesus values children and their unwavering and complete faith and he calls us as adults to have the same, to have a childlike faith. Children also tend to view the world and see things for what they are. As adults, at least for me, we tend to make things complicated and messy and most of the time they don't need to be. So, that's pretty much it for now!