welcome to the next to me place

Ahem, so let me introduce myself.....wow where to begin. You see, I am a lover, and being a lover is a very complex thing. First and foremost I am a lover of life. My life is full of love,coffee, color crayons, kisses, and dirty diapers. I know, you weren't expecting that were you, that whole dirty diaper thing? But it's true. Among the beautiful things in all of our lives there are those things that maybe aren't quite as beautiful. But I am beginning to understand that it's the poopy diapers in life that beautify us, that teach us either to embrace life or to become bitter. So I'd like this blog to embrace life both the sunshiny days and the poopy diapers :) I decided to start it because I am continuously posting the funny things that my kids do on my facebook statuses and there is NEVER enough room. I want to create something for them that they will be able to look back at and enjoy, and also a place for me to release my feelings and thoughts. So why is it called the next to me place? I got the inspiration from a song of Jason Upton's, that his three-year-old son wrote. It's a child's description of the place that Jesus occupies in our lives. Do you remember when you were a kid, how you always saved the spot next to you in the cafeteria for your best friend? Only one special person could occupy that spot, could know your thoughts and dreams and deepest secrets. That's the next to me place. But wait, wasn't Jesus the King of Kings?? Of course it doesn't make sense that the greatest of Kings associates with the lowliest of subjects but that's the beauty of who He is. He loves to be in our next to me place, and He saved a spot for you so get your tray and sit down.