Finding My Voice

       
                Today I had a session time with my counselor and we discussed some very important things...One of which was "Traci, you need to take back the voice that was taken from you as a child." You have the power and ability to say "no" to things and to set appropriate and right boundaries..As a young child your boundaries were violated and you had no ability or power to take control, but now you must take back your voice and realize that you have one. You must realize that people will try and do try to cross your boundaries and you need to realize-you are no longer a victim like you were when you were younger. You are an adult and you have the power to protect the temple God gave you! You are the temple of the Holy Spirit and what people have done and do to you that hurt you, they are hurting God and His temple. Take back your voice...."

I have been in counseling for a little while to go back over things from when I was wounded in my past. I want to grow and be healed more and more. I want to be who God has called me to be and realize that everyone has a past and everyone has something bad and hard that they have gone through (maybe even more than one thing) but that does not make them bad or anything of the like. That's why we need Jesus. He took the weight and all the sin and wounds and pain and hurt from us. We are more than conquerors through Christ who lives in us. I have a voice that God has given me and He has a plan and purpose for my life. He works all things out for the good of those who are called according to His purpose. I am called and I am chosen. I am God's child and in my weakness' Christ is made perfect. I am finding my voice..

October Baby

"October Baby" was SUCH A GREAT movie! I cried through half of it and laughed a lot at the beginning. It's actually similar to my story and how I felt before. Very good and I recommend everyone to see it! Here is the trailer:

 Tell me what you think after you watch the movie! I love to read your comments!

~Traci~

Making An Author Of Me!

I have been wanting and trying to write a book for a very long time! Just recently I started and I'm not that far in my book, but I am getting somewhere. It's a lot of work that's for sure. The hard part will be editing it a million times, but right now the hard part is putting the correct information in the correct chapter. I am just on my rough draft and now I am on my second chapter of writing. I don't know if you have ever tried writing a book, but it can take a lot out of your day, that's for sure! I am hoping and my goal is to get it into the publishing process by the end of the summer. I know I have a lot of work ahead, but in the summer I probably will have more time. I will still have to work at my job obviously, but I won't have school over the summer so I am pretty excited about that! I have one more year left of college and then I am off! I hope to become a well published author, not because I want to be famous, but because I want to help others and the more people that buy my book, I know will be reading a story that I hope impacts their life. My book is about my life and the "before and after" of my adoption and before and after I came to really know Jesus. So many people have told me that they were impacted by my story and so many people have told me that I should write a book. Well, that's what I am doing and the reason I want it done by the end of the summer is because I do have one more year of school, so I won't have much time to write again, so I just want to get it done and into the publishing process and out in the world's hands!

Please pray for me as I am embarking on this adventure and if you have any pointers or have published or are working on a book yourself, please feel free to say something that has helped you and what you do and what you have learned about writing and publishing a book! Thanks for you help and please comment! Thanks!

Sincerely,
Your Future Author (I hope)