Four years ago I began blogging.  I hadn't even realized it until Beth of I'm Heading Towards My Destiny wrote a post celebrating her four year blogoversary.  I checked the archives of Heart Choices and realized that my first post was on March 16, 2007 . Some of my early posts were about beauty .  I was concerned as I saw young girls trying to look like the models in the magazines.  I had seen a short video produced by Dove. So many unrealistic expectations on women, including me!  Now that I have turned 58, it's much harder to keep up the o…

I'm on spring break and I finally began cleaning out my garage.  This has been on my to-do list for some time.  In one of the boxes, I found an old photo album dating back to 1985.  Greg and I were married at the end of 1984 so this was our first year of marriage.  I knew I had to link up with Alicia of More Than Words for Friday Photo Flashback. Greg's sister Amy and a friend had invited us to fly up to Lake Powell in a small prop plane.  We got to spend a week on a rented houseboat.  What a fun time we had together! Lake Powell is a huge lake…

Today I'm linking up with  The Faith Barista for a jam session.  Bonnie's topic for this month is on restoring soul rest.  Right now, I'm struggling in this area.  I long to experience that soul rest no matter what circumstances may be occurring in my life.  But I must admit; I've not quite arrived at that point yet.  I look back at this photo of me as a little girl.  Little did I know what was ahead in life for me.   Since then I've learned what it's like to: Go through open heart surgery as a child of seven Attempt to make up for l…