...are three of my favorite things. Feel free to buy me a diet coke, add me to your BBM contacts and compliment my nail color. I also enjoy acoustic guitars, Twitter, OSU and shoes... and that part of this blog post is now over.

It's been a crazy week since I last posted! Last Friday, I finally got to go play dress up with my little cousin Kiera. Every time I've talked to my grandma, she has told me Kiera asks when I can come over and play dress up with costume jewelry... She even made grandma call me one day so she could ask me to come home! If I wasn't two hours away, I would have been there in a heartbeat. So, I decided to surprise little miss KFL and show up at grandma's Friday. She was really excited to see me...until the sleepiness sat in! Anyway, we had fun for a few hours at least & I always enjoy getting to play with her.

Later that night was Brittany's birthday party downtown! We had so much fun at dinner and posing for silly pictures, and the girls who actually stayed awake for the midnight movie said it was good! Happy (late!) birthday Brittany!

Saturday I got my nails done (Shae Pink, of course) and went to get garden stuff with mom. I tried to convince her to buy me a bunny but they were out :( She wouldn't go for the turkey either.

Easter was wonderful - I was glad to get to spend it at my home church. My pastor said something along the lines of God has a plan in everything he does, good or bad, even if we don't know what it is or understand why it happens. That part of his message really stuck out to me. It's was nice to be reminded of - I understand it but I don't always remember.

This week has been full of spring sing, class, work, PT and writing papers! I also have a doctor's appoint tomorrow morning to find out MRI results...pray they'll decide what to do about my knee!

Don't forget - Spring Sing is Saturday! After Mom's Day activities, bring your mom to GIA at 5:30 to see all the hard work we've put in! 

-Shae Suzanne

Music for the Week: Danger Zone (Who doesn't love some Top Gun!?) and Footloose! Thanks goes to my brother Kaden - his favorite songs have been rocking my playlist all week.

When I heard the song Faithful (Steven Curtis Chapman), it immediately made an impression on me. Since November 19, 2009, I had a lot of fears. I had nightmares, I wondered how long it would take me to heal. I was frustrated. I got irritated. I couldn't figure out why I was the one to get hit by the truck, why my arm was stuck in a cast, and why my knee hurt. I mean seriously, this is the kind of stuff that happens to people in movies or on the news, not in real life. But apparently it does happen in real life.

Since hearing the song, I have gained a whole new perspective. No matter what God is faithful. In our darkest hours, on our happiest days. God is so faithful.

So although I still don't understand why I was hit, why my knee hurts or why I'm stuck in a cast, I do understand that God is faithful. I'm alive, and that's what counts. This cast will eventually come off. My knee will eventually heal. And hopefully my nightmares will stop and I won't be scared of cars or crossing streets. When will any of this happen? I have no idea. Do I want to know? Well, kind of. But I'm content with where I am, knowing that God has perfect timing for everything.

Always remember that God is faithful. And please keep praying for my recovery :)
-Shae

P.S. - Listen to the song here: Faithful, Steven Curtis Chapman
"I will proclaim it to the world/I will declare it to my heart/and sing it when the sun is shining/I will scream it in the dark"
Faithful, Steven Curtis Chapman


Pictured below: third cast, a left handed drawing & my knee brace