Have I told you lately?

Hey Readers!
Sorry it's been awhile! Things have been crazy...as they always are, but it seems like a new thing every time it feels like.
Now that it's midterms, I felt like it would be good to write again and update you on my life a little.
I have been learning SO MUCH in my classes! It's been kind of overwhelming to take it all in.
My favorite has been my Writing for the Mass Media. I have learned that writing for general public is very different from writing for professors. Audience is hugely different, and with that, your style and word choice is very clear and concise. No lolly-gagging writing. Nope.
There is lots more that I have been learning. I switched into a communication law class and it is hard core! Ugh, I am struggling with that class. But hopefully now that I have taken a test, I can know what to really expect the rest of the semester.
I don't really know how to summarize what has really been going on in my life. I am just so happy with my life and the direction I am headed.
I know the Lord lives and loves me personally and each one of His children. He is here for us no matter what! There are so many miracles in our everyday lives. We just have to remember to look for them.
I try and remember them when I see pennies on the ground. We had this staff unit prayer this one time at Oakcrest, and Skeeter taught us about the tender mercies of the Lord. We were asked to recognize them and put a penny in a jar for each one we found, and by the end of the summer the jar would be overflowing. I have started my own penny jar and I tend to find them especially when I have been or am still going through a hard time. It is His way of telling me that He loves me.
I know He is aware of me. He has sent amazing people into my life, especially my best friend Trevor Sperry. I know I said in a previous post that I was dating my best friend. Yes, he truly is my best friend, and I have fallen in love with him. Yes, I love him, and he loves me. :) He makes me so happy and I love to spend time with him. I talk to him about everything, and when he isn't a part of my day, something feels missing. He is so much a part of me and I don't know what I would do without him.


He is the highlight of my day and makes me smile. He tells me I am beautiful. He listens to me. He tickles me and laughs with me. We go on adventures together. We pretty do almost everything together because we love to be with each other. 


There was this time I wrote in my post during the summer that work, sleep, eating, and hanging out with Trevor and Michael was all I was doing. 
Now I am just going to school, trying to do all of my homework, and be with my best friend and boyfriend Trevor. 
My name is Janessa. I want to be a writer, I am an aunt, I am a student, I am in love with my best friend, and I am a Mormon. :)

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