Tuesday Top Ten

Oh, you know you checked the blog today to see if I was going to post... betcha didn't think I would show up.  Well, making a special appearance from Elk City, Oklahoma...(drum roll, please) here is your Tuesday Top Ten.  In honor of this time of giving thanks, please allow this gushy mushy special top ten of why I love my life group sisters.  

Why I love my girls: ( in no particular order)

1. You bring coffee and some kind of yummy goodness to my house every other week.  (and fun creamers, too) 
2. You have given Catch Phrase a special place in my heart (you have never played this game until you play it with us)
3. Styrofoam peanuts (no need for further comment)
4. My house is guaranteed to get a good house cleaning at least every other week because of you.
5. There is nothing better than a room full of women getting in the Word together (talk about power!)
6. Laughter is medicine, so you help to keep me healthy :)
7. When I'm puking my guts out 1) you go and buy groceries for me 2)you decorate and create an entire room, pulling it off beautifully though by the skin of our teeth  (and these are two separate occasions of puking)
8. I can always count on you for encouragement just when I need it.
9. Road trips like Houston (hello Taco Cabana)-   gotta have another road trip soon.  with everyone.
10. And finally the very long, number one reason I love my peeps... With the crazy, chaotic pace of my life, the bottom line is there would be hardly any relationships in my life if it weren't for you.   I love the fact that I have a forced, scheduled time of interaction in my life every week.  A scheduled time to come and breathe.  Crawl through the door and sink into a chair. Drink coffee.  Be with friends and grow in the Lord together.  Laugh. If it weren't scheduled, it wouldn't be happening.  I would like to say that it would, but it wouldn't.  I love the fact that I have to be accountable to a bunch of beautiful, fabulous faces that will get in my business if need be.  That will check on me if they think something's wrong.  That I can hear a story about someone else's kid and feel relieved that I'm not losing my mind and they actually lived to tell about it.  And there was a time in my life that it wasn't there and it was a lonely place.  The bottom line is that we were created to be in relationship and do life together, and for some reason that becomes a very hard thing for us all to do.  Life is busy.  Kids are crazy.  Things going on.  Our own insecurities and relational "funk".  And then you look up and you have completely become out of touch with everyone in your life that means something and feel very alone.  But this is not me anymore thanks to you.  

So, in all seriousness, I wanted to take a second to say how thankful I am for each and every one of you.  I love how God has brought us together, I love what He has done in our lives, and I cannot wait to see what He has in store for us in the new year.   You have been such a tremendous blessing to me, and I cherish your friendship.  I know I can pick up the phone and call each and every one of you for anything and you would be there.  And I hope you know I will do the same.  I'm sure you'll be hearing more from me this week.  We have landed here in Elk City with my family and look forward to a few days of some R&R.  If I even remember how to do that.  Hope you guys have a great holiday.  

Love ya- Kacee