Hello My name is Nemo

So here I am...in Arkansas...it has been a journey today, it has been the first step taken to the rest of my life.

Here I am, I am Nemo...I am occupying a space that I do not know. I am moving out of my comfort zone in search of something bigger. I am just a kid, yes I am, but so was Jeremiah, so was David...and as I remind myself of this I feel the comfort of my savior fill my soul.

My day today has been very cartoon oriented I woke up thinking Nemo...I got a new nickname Hammy (thanks a lot Nikki and Emily I hate it so much lol) which lead to thinking of toystory...which also lead to thinking of Toy Story 3...and the goodbyes...which is technically what I am doing right now...I have driven through the roads of Arkansas (which are very very very bumpy) and I am thinking Cars and Mater and....im the first to drive on the new road!!! lol I feel like a child today I am uncomfortable in the while resting in the comfort of my heavenly father...I am insecure but at the same time I am filled with a whole new security and strength just because I am stepping out into the great unknown. (fievel goes west...ok i think i am done) and as I sit here I think of all of these childhood characters that I have always cherished...and there is something cool that I thought of when I thought of each of them...all of them stepped out of their comfort zone, whether by choice or forced they took that step they made that leap of faith...in Toy Story 2 Woody and Jessie had to jump out of the airplane...something that as small toys was very intimidating, but if they did not take that jump if they did not make that leap, they would have been in the museum doing nothing for the rest of their lives, but they made that jump and because of that Woody got to go home and Jessie was once again in a home where she was loved...If Cinderella did not go to the ball, somewhere where she was not allowed and somewhere that was not in her comfort zone, she wouldnt have lost her shoe she would have never became a princess...if Mulan wouldnt have taken up for her father and her family and left the place where she knew, where she was supposed to be, where she was comfortable, she wouldnt have saved her country...so here I am...I am not comfortable Texas is not my comfort zone, but how can I have the happy ending God wants me to have if I dont take the leap of faith...so here I am I sit here and I am uncomfortable, I am upset, I am homesick, I want to cry, but just like the characters that have been most cherished in my childhood, I am going to take the leap of faith...it is time to claim my happy ending it is time to make the step that begins the journey of the rest of my life.

Now here I am back at Nemo...Nemo took the largest Journey at all, he was just a small clownfish who could not even be himself own in his family, because of his fathers fear, but in bad circumstances, he was taken from where he wanted to be...but even though he would fret, he held faith in those that he loved, and by his leap of faith, the chains and boundaries were lifted off those who he loved the most, because his father, of whom he loved the most was able to swim across the sea to find his son, and as he went on a search to find his son he found faith...and on his way, he met Dory, someone who did not even know who she was in the world, someone who didnt know even where she was, found herself, felt love, found a family when she didnt feel as if she fit...

So here I am...I am Nemo...I am going to take this leap, and as I leap, I am excited to see those that I love follow behind, and do the same and reach their full potential in God...and then I am excited to see those who they meet on their journey doing the same thing...So here I go...im taking the leap...im jumping...CANONBALL!!!!!!!!!!

Love Ya

-Hannah