Future Mrs. Garcia :)

On August 16, 2008 the most wonderful thing happened to me....i became engaged to Evan Garcia the most wonderful man in the universe! I must tell you even writing this i become taken back by what such a big blessing God has given me...sometimes it feels like i'm dreaming but than i rem. what a wonderful God i serve and am just taken back by the blessings he gives us!

I can't even explain how happy and excited i am because Evan Garcia is all i have ever wanted and more in the man i married. I rem. High school still when i would drive to school and pray for the man i would marry i prayed God would protect him and grow him into my wonderful husband...its so crazy that 7 yrs later he did...and evan fits everything on my list! Their is just something about finding the one...its like you know he's the one...that i want to talk to when i had a bad day at work...or enjoy a cup of coffee at starbucks talking about life....or when i find out something interesting he's the first one i want to share it with...or he's the one i want to be the father of my kids....he's the one i want to wake up to every morning...i want to enjoy every new moment with him....to me he is my prince charming the man of my dreams and their is no one more perfect for me. Its like my match in a puzzle piece! Isn't God so amazing that he knows who is the best match for our needs and who we are!? God has given me the top of the line i think he's sweet, caring, intelligient and a man after Gods heart and very handsome too! :) So as i sit here and write this i'm over taken with emotions because i have found the man i'm going to do life with and i can't be happier...i let God write my love story and he painted a beautiful masterpiece! It was just last year that i was single with not a marriage in site....i had just learned to become content in my singleness and just fall madly in love with Jesus! Than one of my bestest friends Marcy Ribiero asked me to do a video shoot for the childrens minstry...i was hesitated and complained the whole day about having to go....but i went and you would never guess who i met that day....Evan Garcia my future husband! I rem. thinking man he's cute....but i forgot about it and months later gained the courage to go to elevate myself...where we grew as friends...lol i rem. the first time he talked to me i called Moni and was like omg he talked to me! It wasn't until passion that i knew this was someone worth dating...that he was special :) i will never forget it....we sat next to each other and talked about the things and careers we loved he was so eager to hear me talk about therapy it was amazing that he could enjoy the passion i had to help others he just listened and just really cared it made my heart melt...just a few weeks later we dated and i was as happy as can be! Because i was right he is special and wonderful and the bestest man in the world! And i get him as a husband! Thank you God for Evan Garcia! He is just simply awesome! and i cannnot wait till May! i can't wait to start a new life together and grow old together while watching many star wars movies! lol i can see it now....our house will be like movie central since thats all we ever do...haha

Internships....

The last two days i have actually gotten out of my bed on my lovely summer vacation and spent them at internship training. I must say it was a little overwhelming at first since the only thing i've done since school got out in july was surf the internet and watch tv and play rockband at amys house and well spend time with evan...it could be quite a shock getting two days worth of info thrown at you but i must say i am totally excited! see i learned a few things at my training that i didn't even know about. So let me tell you guys what i will be doing this year to change lives (yay i'm so excited!) The program i am working for is called SUPERB u may think its a dumb name for an in school theuraptic program but its not because it has a cool acryomn! Students Uniting with Parents and Educators Resolving Bullying is a program sponsored by a state senator to stop the movement of volience and bullying in schools in florida. I know your probally thinking but duh thats a part of growing up there are bullies and victims they just have to get over it....Well let throw some stats at you! Did you know that 2/3 of all school shootings are teenagers that have been made fun of seeking revenge! 85 percent of kids participate in bullying in schools! about 50 percent of kids skip school in fear of going because of getting picked on! I know i was as shocked as you when i heard these stats and the stories of kids commiting suicide as a result of a joke inolving a child...or of kids feeling depressed and hopeless as a result of not fitting in...(wow we as humans can be so crude sometimes) Anyways kids and teenagers have quite a challenge in schools with this and so knowing this SUPERB wants to change what has become socially okay and help children get along with each other no matter social class, religion,popularity, or being different. So what i will be doing as an intern is so exciting i will be changing kids lives! i mean hearing some of the stories of kids that lives have been saved as a result of this program just made me so excited to get right in! My responsiblities include running anger mangement groups, individual counseling with kids,peers, and family members, and doing classroom sessions (which i think is fun) where i take over a class for an hour and just have straight up fun with the kids! Its cool because i'm not going to be there teacher or authority figure i'm going to become someone they can trust...someone safe...who can have fun and undersatnd how they feel! I'm so pumped because I LOVE STUDENTS! and so this is like my dream job! So i must say these last 2 days of training were awesome and i am so excited to see how God uses me to impact these kids lives! I also learned a way to stop a bully if your getting picked on which i know some have this problem so i will share...lol

DEFEND!

D-Distract the bully (omg look at that pink poodle!)

E- Emapthy (awww look at how sad he is why do you keep picking on them?)

F- Funny be Funny! (Oh so you say my laugh calls dolphins...well its funny you say that because the other day i laughed and like 3 dolphins showed up at my house!)

E- can't rem. what this one was...lol

N- Say NO! (in a strong voice!)

D- Disappear (no not like houdini...but just leave to the bathroom and don't come back!)

Don't let bullies win! :)