Hello, October!

It's now the start of the fourth Quarter of 2013. Time really flies. People who know me, know that I'm such a futurist. Always putting myself ahead of the present, always thinking of what could and might happen next. As good as it is to plan for the future, I realised that my doing so was actually rooted in fear and impatience. Fear because it became my defence mechanism to dodge pain and disappointments. Impatience because I want the promise not the process.

I remember at the start of this year, my prayer was for His presence to go before me. I've always pushed what I wanted from Him to Him. It became the gauge of how He loved me or how I was as a Christian. I learned that I have to constantly go back to the foundations. I have to constantly go back to my First Love. I have to constantly go back to what the gospel is - which is the love of my life dying that I may live - live everyday with Him.

As I look back at this year, there have been endings but great beginnings. There have been pain, but the ever presence of joy. There have been failings but a lasting confidence in Him. And through it all there have been love.

The last quarter can be intimidating, I feel like I haven't accomplished much and how this year will end. Yet, I'm learning to live by the moment. To gratefully live one day at at time. To open my eyes to the littlest blessings and the littlest ways I can be a blessing. To learn to trust Him completely and surrender my fear and impatience. Because no matter what happens in the process, His presence is with me and with that I know I will finish this year strong!

We're Back!

Hello everyone!  It's been awhile, half a year has passed since our last post in My Doolally.  How time flies! We've been so busy with so many responsibilities that we had to take some time off.  It's not easy being a single mom while managing a baking business and a young entrepreneur handling two growing businesses. We've learned so much though and are so excited with what we have in store for this blog. 

One of the main things we learned these past months is that part of maturity is realizing and going through different seasons in our lives.  Every season, weather it's winter, spring, summer or autumn or be it sunny, cloudy or stormy are necessary for growing.  There is a purpose for everything we go through.  Every season has its gifts.  

It is now nearing the last quarter of 2013 and it's a good time to assess what season we are at right now, where we are headed and how the lessons that the days passed have taught us. 

What we realized with My Doolally is that we as women, have so much stories to share.  We all have different walks in life, similar and relatable yet different and unique in many ways.  We all have beauty and strength to share and impart.  Thus, we decided to start featuring different women to contribute to this blog, for a common purpose of making sense of our experiences at home, work, life and love as we discover them.