Today I noticed a lot of people watching me.

I took a trip to Walmart this morning and purchased some soda (Alright, I am a transplanted Yankee to the South so I will translate for you Yanks "POP"). The cashier put the sodas in a bag and put it on top of the bag turn thingy. You see, sometimes I have a tendency to over estimate my abilities. The bag didn't look so heavy but it was. I reached out to grab it and couldn't quite hold it up high enough to get it into my cart. There was a lot of sodas in the bag- OK?! I somehow managed to bang the sodas into the credit card reader consequently swivelling the reader around. That stopped the momentum of my bag but then started me in another direction. For some strange reason, directly behind me was a large pillar with an industrial paper towel holder attached to it. You guess it, I smacked the back of my head into the hard paper towel holder and quickly looked around. The cashier was staring at me with her mouth open in what can only be described as horror and the man in line behind me laugh. But wait there is more; the check out was in front of the photography studio which had no customers. I notice the cashier at the front of the studio gaping at me and then I see her friend sitting in a chair laugh at me also. Go ahead and laugh- I did. Thankfully, the only thing that came out of my mouth was "Oh GOODNESS!!!". Let's be honest, goodness didn't quite describe the anxiety I felt at that moment. However, I didn't take God's name in vain and maybe, just maybe someone wondered why not.

Today I turned 34.

I've decided to write this blog because I have had enough time in life to realize that life is hard but we all must laugh. Today, my birthday, seemed like a good day to start- don't you agree? Being a Christian in America is not easy, trying to live in the world and determine right from wrong without letting other people dictate what truth is, is even harder. In my blog, I plan on writing about trying to be a Christian whose actions follow my words, but I also plan on being honest when I mess up (and believe me- those time will be many). Hopefully, people can relate to what I am saying and have a few laughs along the way.