Ok folks, I'm back

It's been a few, but I'm back in full swing.

My first trip back to Memphis was even more wonderful than anticipated.

First day.night - afternoon with bestie Amanda ful of mint tea (thank you Aunt Holly), spray tan (explain that in a moment), and a feather extension in my hair; manicure time with Mama with lovely chatting time... then to tops it off - movie with my brothers and soon to be sister and her sisters. African Cats. Is it bad to say that i teared up multiple times when I was trying my hardest to hate on the film? Then a nice little hang with Loye and her Ellsworth at Brian's house/Huey's where we fought off roaches and I dramatically freaked out when I felt a roach crawl on my leg AHH!! But really - I can handle spiders. I can handle snakes. I can handle pretty much any insect/reptile/amphibian that you throw my way. But not roaches. I just cringed at the thought. Can we stop talking about it now? Ok done. Back to what I referred to earlier. Morgan/Wright/Mom/Dad/everyone that saw me Friday morning informed me that my skin was juuuuuuust a bit deprived of Vitamin C and I was 4 shades a Larry Byrd. CLEAR. So yeah that's why I opted for the spray tan.

Second day - visit with my grandmother, Coca, then of courrrsee - Easter with the fam. May I say that my pop/mama fix the greatest ham in the world? I'll say it. Because they do... And we ate a delicious lunch fixed by my mama for the fam, Lauren, Wray wray (my amazingly sweet grandmother), and Andrew and Mallory, and Jeff, Wright's friend from school, who I'll go ahead and consider my new adoptive brother. We missed you JR!!! Then did a little shopping with mama. Got some beautiful new clothes that I'm rather stoked about. Then was Will Tashie's wedding. Beautifully extravagent wedding. Got to see all my sweet friends that I miss more than life itself. My CB, Emmie, Kat, Phil, Pat, Todd, Sam... Love them all!! It was a fun night. Called it early though because I was not feeling up to par....and onto Sunday....

Easter!!!! Woke up in the night feeling pretty crappy. Achey, feverish, all that fun stuff. Owen slept with me. Folks gave him a ham bone that day. Well it reallllly hit him about 3 am when he ralphed on my bed next to me. Poor baby. He was shaking, not feeling well at all. Cleaned him up, took some fever reducer for myself, and tried to get a few more ZZZ's. Had our ANNUAL and hopefully forever traditional easter basket hunt. Got me so many fun goodies from the bunny himself (herself? itself?). Went to the noon service at Hope, and of course one of my greatest highlights of the weekend - still savoring my hugs from Janie, Dave, Doris, Mallory, Jennifer, Kathy, Tammy, Amy, Patty, Emily, Lee, Taylor, Tucker, Eli, (have I named everyone?) I'm sorry if I've left off anyone, but it was the greatest getting to chat and see everyone on Sunday. Ahh wish I could be back!! Love you all so much!!

Bittersweet being back in the city, but I feel refreshed, and ready for what the Lord is bringing me in the days to come. Keep me in your prayers, and I will keep on writin'.

Much love!