Abide:  to continue, endure, keep on, last, persevere, persist, remain,…survive

I know it’s been almost a whole year since I last posted anything.  I tried to tell ya’ll that I’m really bad at writing and that I don’t keep up with things, that I never have…(I didn’t even keep a diary as a kid – I know, I’m probably the only girl who didn’t!)  But, here I am, attempting to start blogging once again…to try and document my everyday life…and to, hopefully, keep some of ya’ll better informed, those that I don’t get the privelege of being around as much as I’d like.  I’m hoping that, at the very least, this will help me better record things that are happening in Kassia’s life.  She’s growing so fast!  And, I already know that I’ve forgotten some of those sweet, precious memories that I’d hoped to write down somewhere and never got around to doing.

The reason I chose this new “title” for my blog is because of the connotations it reminds me of – as soon as a I hear “abide,” I almost automatically think of John 15.  But, I also chose it because it’s another way of saying “survive,” and that’s basically what I’ve done this past year.  I don’t know what I was expecting my “year 30″ to be like, but it wasn’t this.  Although, I’m sure the year would’ve probably panned out the same no matter what age I was due to the relationships, circumstances, and events in my life.  To say this last year was “hard” would be a definite understatement.  Pastor Sean (at River City Community Church) mentioned a couple of weeks ago how he’d heard that there have been many other people that seem to have had a rather difficult year in 2009; I’m certainly in that category.  But, it’s 2010 now…a new year…and I’m hoping that more positive changes will be on the horizon…

So, the end to the “big 3-0″ will be here before I know it…less than a month away…  And, here’s to hoping “31″ will bring with it some smiles, laughter, and growth in my relationship with God.  Gotta get started on doing that “abiding” thing, if you know what I mean…