I’ve decided to start writing a monthly life update post for friends and family to know what’s going on in my life and for my readers to get to know me a little better. I’m sure these next few months’ updates will be extra long and significant because of all of the big changes happening in my life! Let’s start with some celebrations and wins!
Celebrations & Wins
- We have an apartment! Anthony moved in on August 11th and I will be joining him after the wedding. And I love it! I cannot wait to make it a home with Anthony. We were very blessed with family and friends who gave us all the furniture we needed.
- We get married in 20 days! (As of 10/1/2016) I can’t believe it’s so soon! However, I cannot wait! This summer has been crazy busy with wedding planning and now it’s all coming together and I will soon be with my best friend.
- We’ve already been blessed with so many gifts that will help us greatly in our new life together. I went home a few weeks ago to have a bridal shower. So thankful for my mom, sister, maid of honor, and others who helped to make it a wonderful party! The following week my soon-to-be family threw me a Pampered Chef Party! I’m excited to have nice supplies to help Anthony and I make yummy meals in our new home!
Prayer Requests
- Pray for Anthony and I as we start a life together. We get married on October 21st! There’s a lot of new happening in our lives. We both graduated from college this past spring, Anthony has been working at his job for awhile now, we will soon be married, soon have a new home together, we are looking for a new church that’s closer to where we live, I will hopefully have a new job soon…lots of new, BIG changes! Pray for us as we make all of these exciting transitions.
- Pray that I can find a job. Once we return from the honeymoon, I will be looking for a job. Since we don’t have a 2nd car, I’m looking for work close by our apartment or remote work. If you know of or have any job opportunities, please use the contact page or e-mail me straight at anna@annamotion.com 🙂
- Along with this I’ve been pondering the possibilities of opening up services as a freelance writer, editor, virtual assistant, or life coach. I’ve learned a lot about these areas, but I am still weighing my options before I take the plunge in any direction.
Blog Update
- Last month was my 1-Year Blogiversary! September 9th marked my 1st completed year of blogging. Super exciting! Read about what I learned in my 1st year here.
- We’ve had 5 guest posts over the past couple months! And I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to meet and collaborate with so many wonderful people and that they’d share their time, talent, and wisdom to this space to teach, encourage, and inspire you! If you missed them, check them out here:
- I’m still working toward a relaunch in the new year. Originally I had hoped to launch at the 1st of January, but with my wedding, starting a new life with my husband, and all the other changes that are coming for me, I’m giving myself more time to prepare for the relaunch. As of now, the launch date is still TBD. If you’d like to help make the launch AWESOME (i.e. helping me afford to hire a professional for a new logo, a new website, launch advertisements, etc.) check out my Patreon page.
- A little break. With the busyness of the wedding, this month of October will be a little lighter with 1-2 less posts than normal. There will also be no E.P.I.C. Story this month and most likely also no November story.
Making Memories
It’s been a great summer! I got to see my nieces in Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Shrek, and dance recitals. I’ve been to The Muny twice, once with my sister and once with my fiance. I finally got to meet the rest of Anthony’s friends who will be groomsmen in the wedding. It’s been an enjoyable summer with my family and the last moments with Anthony before we get married.
I admit, there have been times of stress during wedding planning, but I am so thankful for these moments with my friends, my family, and my future husband as we come closer and closer to our very special day.
Want to support me & my work?
I’m determined to continue on with this blog and my writing. I want to make a difference in the lives of others and at this time I believe writing is one of the ways I can most effectively do that.
If you would like to support me and my work, here’s a post with 4 ways you can support me.
One of the ways is by funding my blog work and writing projects through Patreon.
Any way you can support me, no matter how “small”, helps greatly in my mission to inspire, train, and empower others to bring about positive, lasting change.
Thanks for reading! I look forward to bringing you next month’s update…I will be married by then! 😉
Marie says
How very exciting!!
We will be celebrating our 27th anniversary 10/28. A great time of year to be married.
Praying with you for these needs and wisdom as you seek the Lords will for your life.
Judy Wolven says
Thanks for updating and I’m excited for you and Anthony. Also,thanks for the pictures. Will be praying for you and what lies ahead.