Phil's first post!!!! Here we GOOOOOOO!

Well Patty is no longer a Ms., but has graduated into the Mrs. category... and better yet, she's MY Mrs!

God has definitely pulled through with everything. I give thanks to Him because of all the generous people in our lives ya know? We've been blessed with so much, not necessarily money or materialistic things, but love, peace, and family/friends. We have such great friends and I am so thankful for them all. It really is a bitter sweet time in my life though. Only recently I've gotten closer and began to really want a relationship with my cousins, and I'm leaving. It's a little unfair, but I hope they understand that if I stayed, they'd be in my favorite 5 (cell phone commercial).

Well, in the next two weeks we will be packing up all our belongings. It's kind of weird actually... taking all your possessions like all the elementary paintings, teddy bears, piano recital rewards, a small mountain of model cars, and of course my shelves of soccer trophies... Everything. But it's okay. The more I think about things, the more grateful I am. I get to start a life of my own... well, our own... with all the stuff I had. It's like starting from scratch... but not really. An adventure for sure!

I don't know what else to say. Patty told me to give this a shot so I did. Oh... well, since the last morning of the honeymoon, my stomach has been rotten! I haven't been able to really keep things down too well... well, maybe down is the wrong word... more like IN... ha ha ah... if you get my drift. I began writing this on the couch, and am finishing on the John (gross? whatever... you facebook addicts do it... I know it!) because I'm in a bunch of pain. Not enough to go to the hospital, but enough to be really irritating.

To finish, the next couple weeks are going to be hectic and I'm trying to keep my head on straight, but you know what... If God is in control, all I have to do is my part, let Him do His, and everything will work out. Like Jesus said (in the PLT [Phil's Literal Translation]), "Don't freak out about tomorrow because tomorrows messed up too... focus on today and God'll get you through!" Matthew 6:34... ish... ha ha ha...

God's great, Friends are good, and life is going.

Peace,

Phil Alexandre