WOAAA!!! I havent blogged in FOREVER!!! Well rest assured... I am back! LOL and what a story I have to tell!! Since December my life has been turned upside down, inside out, shook all about!! And what a thrill it has been!!! With everything that has went on I cant think of any better way to tell my story without boring everyone slap silly to tears... except through pictures!!! SO here is my Photo tour!!
December 2011:
After a lot of hard work, lessons learned, tears, sleepless nights, failed classes, support and love from those closest in my life... Crystal Coffey BSN became my title!!! WHAT a dream come true!! I could NEVER describe the feeling of walking across that stage with James, my family (minus my dad ), and my church family supporting me in the crowd!! I have wrestled with my dad not being there and have yet to get a congrats or Im proud of you out of him. But you know what... I have the love and acceptance from God and James... That all I need! Graduation... CHECK!!!
January 2012:
Study, study, study, and well study... NCLEX took over! My cats and I became really good friends! Not much occurred in January... short of studying it was uneventful!
February 2012:
And so the month that changed everything... but I must share the dull moment to blow up the bright moment! February consisted of GOD answering a prayer Id prayed for years and then him telling me wait on another!
There isnt a picture to describe the disappointment I experienced at the end of this month. I sat down to take my state nursing boards... and completely and utterly bombed them. I have never been to that point in my life to be so close to clasping a dream and have it jerked back away from me. I learned a very important lesson throughout the journey... but there is a picture in months to come about this :) BUT enough of the sad... look at the BEST thing this year that has happend......................
HE ASKED... I SAID... YES!!!! (somewhere in between me holding my breath I think I said yes lol)
February 11, 2012... God gave me my hearts desire all tied up in a shiny ring for my finger! But heres the thing... what I wear every day on my hand is far more than a ring... I get to wear an answered prayer!! HOW COOL!!! I couldn't have asked for a better proposal... He really did an amazing job!!! I am so proud to wear this amazing mans ring!! I get to be his wife! I get a husband!! WOA!!!! God is amazing!!! I absolutely can NOT wait!!
March 2012:
So my new Fiance' texts me from Ohio to tell me, "I just bough a Clydesdale" O my... do I believe him... of course not! LOL I though he was nuts! But then I met this sweet girl and I think I found a new love... haha just kidding... James will always be my love! But I did begin learning about a love of James'. Horses. Not just any horses... BIG horses lol!! And to my surprise and itchy eyes... I love them too! I am amazed at these amazing animals! The stress relief they bring is something you cant bottle :) I look forward to learning more about them and *maybe* soon enough will own my own ;)
AND STUDYING... thats pretty much how march concluded :)
April 2012
STUDY STUDY STUDY.... I really HATE this NCLEX thing!
BUT someone really awesome had a Holiday... JAMES!!!
I really cant imagine life without this smile!!!
May 2012:
So... here it is! May has come! NCLEX time yet again!! I stressed, and worried. Worried, and stressed. And back and forth! It wasn't until Frank Woods preached a message and reminded me that I was praying for Gods help for the wrong reasons. I wanted to pass boards so that I could move on, make better $$ and, plan a wedding. But I forgot to remember why I was called to be a nurse in the first place. I was called to be a light in a world of sickness. And encouragement to those who have possibly gotten the worst news of thier lives. I am called to be the hand at the bedside of a child, spouse, grandparent who has just lost someone dear to them. And while yes, my job takes an emotional toll most days... I am called to be that person who gives compassion, love, care to those who can not take care of themselves. I am called to love my patients as Jesus does! And somewhere in the midst of fear, panic, worry, and distress...I let go of Gods hand and stopped trusting that he would see me through. When I realized that I needed to grab a hold of his hands.... it came from words from once again my wonderful fiance'
He always knows what to say! And yes, I wrote this in sharpie on my arm before I went to take my test!!!
MAY 30, 2012
I DID IT!!! THANK YOU LORD!!!
Its official..... Just call me Crystal Nicole Coffey RN!!!
WHEW!!! Now we can plan on getting me a new last name ;)
June 2012
So, I know were only a few days into June, But last week was a life changing week for me! My relationship with my girls, James, and GOD became so much closer. The oaks Bible Camp... whew... I can not even begin to describe the feeling!!!!! I have no picture to do it justice! But I will share a few....
'
If you cant beat em...join em! Thats me in the middle covered in shaving cream lol
My cabin!! Blessed to be able to counsel!!!
I love being able to serve with this amazing man by my side! I look forward to what God has in store for us!!
So I know thats not all thats happened... but thats the highlights! I am blessed beyond measure and can not wait to see what else I can photo blog about in the months to come :) Stay tuned!!
0 comments:
Post a Comment