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Friday, August 25, 2006

Mali, Africa Blogs

Bako Hope

Honduras Blogs
Sowers for Pastors
Rachel at Made for Missions

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

The Naming

I started this blog in early 2006 then had a crazy time sometime later and deleted all the entries. I started again and think I'll stick with it this time around.

Thus far with God came when I had to pick a url for this darn blog thing. I wanted a name that would stick and had some meaning to it.

Looking back over my life so far, the one thing that stood out was how much God has aided in my survival.

A teen parent, married to a high schooler, Air Force wife, college drop-out (twice) and homeschooling mother with 7 addresses in her first 10 years of marriage- the details of my life equal one big mess.

I am a collector of rocks from every place we've lived and been and since in Old Testament times rock monuments were often set up to remember what God had done I couldn't help but grab "Thus Far" from 1 Samuel 7:12.

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying "Thus far the Lord has helped us." 1 Samuel 7:12 (NIV)

I don't know much about tomorrow but I do know that "Thus far the Lord has helped us."

-Michelle
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Saturday, April 15, 2006

ABOUT ME

My daughter and I in NH, 2014

Hi, I'm Michelle.

A Mainer by birth but consider New Hampshire my home state.

Teen mom
marries
teen dad,
10 addresses,

3 states,
21 years later and we are small business owners in a Florida beach community.

Together we have
2 boys I birthed,
1 daughter we adopted,
1 daughter-in-law,
1 grand daughter,
and 2 grandsons!

My boys

I enjoy creating things,
road trips with a good playlist,
the city of Detroit,
country of Honduras,
Yosemite NP,
and hiking, I love to hike.

I am a home schooler,
event planner,
Travel Agent and Disney College of Knowledge graduate,
pallet sign creator,
mom and above all
child of God.

I like to write,
eat chocolate,
drink tea,
travel,
find adventures in my backyard
and study Scripture.

Follow me on Instagram: mspanos
twitter: @mspanos
snapchat: @mspanos74
FB: Michelle Chute Spanos

I try to live each moment of life to it's fullest.
I do my best to see the glass as half full.

I find peace knowing my path in life is exactly as God journaled about it before I was even born.

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. ~Psalm 139:16

Things haven't turned out how I dreamed and planned but it is that very reason I am learning to embrace the grace of each moment.

I don't know much, but what I do know is that "Thus far, the Lord has helped us" and with that ~ I press on.

Thank you for joining me on this space of mine on the web.

-Michelle