In the beginning.....

Wow. I am having a blast getting the word out regarding this new venture. It still amazes me just what has happened in getting here. Most wouldn't care for the gory details but I do have to say a few things. I had a wild n crazy idea....FOUR years ago! I was preparing for my eldest daughter's 4th birthday. It was a Cinderella theme and I was genuinely having a BALL!! Putting together ideas, creating decor and "working" this party was very entertaining and fun for me. And the party itself went great. The girls dressed as Cinderella, there were glass (plastic) slippers and white lights everywhere, a castle and carriage for a centerpiece and the cake was Cinderella herself. I had my husband (who can actually draw) make the place cards which were a glass slipper in blue and had the guests names on them. They danced and played and fun was had by all. But let me back up a little...while getting this party together, I had this thought: I should plan and coordinate kids parties for a living! IT WENT NO FURTHER THAN THAT. I shared the idea w/ Duane but it just kind of blew away after that. I don't really have the answers for why it happened that way. Maybe it wasn't the right time, or maybe it was and I missed out on a LOT! But I choose not to stay there, wondering why I didn't act on that idea. Was it God speaking to me? I don't know. Probably. I do know I wasn't really in a place then to take a thought and then pray and seek it out. I hadn't seen God like that at that point in my life. I loved Him and I knew He loved me and was there when I needed Him but I didn't have the daily conversations and relationship I have now. Fast forward 4 years. I find myself yet again getting ready for Lydia's birthday party and a fabulous one at that! She choose to have her special celebration at Mercy Stables in Ringgold, to ride horses and have a hayride and play with the animals. It was fantatsic!! I kept things very simple, but it was great and the best part was her response: "it was the best party I've ever had!" Ah ha! I spent the last week of January and most of Feburary praying and seeking, and asking God and thinking and talking it out. And here I am.