SUMMARY OF ME...

We are now heading into FALL!! Yes, fall and I am so excited. I'm gonna take a risk in being super basic here but, pumpkin, sweaters, and hot lattes, yes please!! Also, the clothes... My favorite part! Summer, I feel, is the least fashionable season in my personal opinion, but that's just my opinion. The transition right into fall can be a little tricky, especially living in the Pacific Northwest. Chilly mornings, sunny afternoons, and back to chilly in the evenings. Making it hard to know exactly what to wear because the weather can change so quickly! I am loving shorts, sweaters, and flats right now- the shorts show we're not entirely to fall but the sweaters and flats give it a bit more style than summer allows and keeps you covered for the chilly parts of the day! 

Also, the thing I was so excited to share with y'all yesterday I posted on my page but the full story or more like a quick summary is just below👇🏼

"My name is Lexie and I am a recovering heroin addict" the first time these words came out of my mouth I cried, I never thought this would be me. I grew up in a loving family and never went without, my family was "normal" if there is such thing. When I was in high school I started going to parties, but in my naïveté I presumed everyone was safe and just trying to "have fun" like I was. I was very wrong... I let one night of abuse shape these past 8 years of my life. I never told anyone and I lived alone, in the darkness of my mind, hating others, hating myself, and most of all hating God. I started using pain pills to kill the emotional pain overwhelming my life, I didn't stop to think about becoming addicted, because I thought, "that will never be me." Well, that was me and I stole, lied, cheated, my morals went out the window and all I could think was "more." Heroin became my everything, after 5 rounds of rehab, everyone I cared about walking away from me, and most of all giving up on myself, I didn't cry out to God I begged Him to save my life! I was sure I had gone too far and He couldn't even look at me because of the ugliness of my past, but I started coming to Capital Christian Center and my life changed. God CAN look at me, He loves me, in fact He loves me so much that He has given me the strength to stay clean and get connected. Through the church, Celebrate Recovery, and lots of prayer, my clean time gets longer and longer. We just celebrated 9 months this past week and I say "we" because without God I would have nothing today. God shows Himself to me more and more and I am constantly amazed by His goodness, strength, and faithfulness. Thank you God, you aren't done with me yet!!!!