It Has Been A While

I have not written in a while, as you can tell, my last post was many months ago. So let's start with a new introduction! My name is Karissa Martin, I am a 22 year old mother of a wonderful 14 month old boy, Leon. I am married to the greatest man in the world, Chicho Martin, and we just celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary on June 13th. Our little family resides in a small coastal town, we love God and we are blessed and so happy. Now you know all the important stuff about me. :)

I first created this blog as a means to begin writing again, for it is something I truly love to do, and that is what I will continue doing. I will also share my thoughts, experiences and revelations in my day to day life.

Alright, for todays post I would like to share a passage from an old journal I found by chance today, going through a box of miscellaneous items in my attic. Reading my old journal reminded me of how much I used to write, and how often I used poetry to express my thoughts and feelings. The passage dates September 3rd of 2005 at 9:32pm, from my dairy:

Regrets & Praises

So many things of my past

I regret with many tears

Mistakes and bad decisions

Memories and fears

I wish to take them all back

Yet in a way I don't

For the joys of my present

Are products of my past

My life unexpectedly changed

And in a way so fast

Falling in and out of darkness

I was saved once again

 My Lord blessed me with a gift

And took away my sin

Undeserved was His mercy

And certainly this gift

So fast His light appeared

As my sins He did lift

I praise the Lord for this

This love that he has shown

And even though it pains me so

It shows how I have grown

Learning life's hard lessons

Are never easily done

But in the end you will see

The good of what has come.