A letter from Dec 31, 2024

Dear FutureMe, Today you are on the couch with your bestie Stephanie House asking questions about the New Year at her apartment. Reflecting on 2024. So... I'm single as a pringle. I broke up with Zach in 2022. He was toxic and we were looking at a house together and something told me to leave him. Probably God's prompting. So yes, I tried Bumble and WOW did that open my eyes to wait. I kept getting swiped but when I talked to them got rejected and to be honest that hurt. So.... this past year in 2024... you decided to take time to yourself and grow. OH! DID YOU! You meal prepped with Stephanie, you decided to try noom and were ******* it for a while, you took on a two year old room which you've never done before and changed your age group. You stood up to two bullies to the kids and you. To the point where Emily quit and Jenna got moved to a different room. Go YOU! Look at all the growth you had like WOW! You didn't exercise as much as you wanted to, and eat healthy as much as you wanted, but to be honest this was a tough year for you. Challenging for sure. Thats why your so happy to have the best two friendships in Rockford in the world. Stephanie and Linsey made a paint and sip night for you! It was so sweet and fun. It was overall a Challenging but good year. You did become depressed and didn't enjoy life for a while, but you got through it. God was there every second. Connor is 13 years old loves sports, starting to like girls! And just overall amazing like always. I see him growing into a man of God and that's exciting to watch. So yes, I'm very blessed. So, this year your goal like I said is to work on yourself and become a better person for Mr? You were here in 2015 and you're here again, but this time content. So that in 2026 your plan for now is youll start dating again. So lets crush these goals you wrote out this year, lets grow closer to God, and just care for others around you. Also, you got a new coteacher and its Linda! You worked with her at your first job like wow what a blessing she's been already. You also want to become a saver. So lets see if you do that this year. You can do it. Hmmm... what else? You and your mom are so close. Its so refreshing and different. You see her get closer to God and enjoy her relationships with Opal and Eva. Grandma is always speaking truth into your life like she has for years. They are a huge part of why you stood up for your kids along with the Holy Spirit. They also are a huge part of why you left Zach along with missing Connor. Stephanie and I are reading the armor of God book and wow is it life changing and were learning so much about warefare and how to defeat it. I want to tell of 2 dreams I had in 2024. So, since I went through mania sometimes im scared of the end times because in the mania i was in the end times. So, i had a dream i was reading the bible and the words turned to a date! The date was the end times and i got super scared in the dream. BUT then i woke up (this is still the dream) and i was in my room and a sunrise was shining through the window it was beautiful! I felt a peace like i never had before and God in my dream told me to not forget Him. I told him i wont and woke up. This dream has so many meaningful things in it and i go back to this dream a lot to bring me comfort. The other dream was i was being tormented by demons and i was growing weary when all of a sudden the armor of God was being put on me. I felt strong. I felt like God was with me and defeated them. Its only January 11th and God is doing amazing things in my life. This year is going to be so filled with God. Im not turning back.