Overview of Me

This is my second blog. The first one, Poppy Love, was a journey through my first pregnancy. Landon is now 10 and a half months! He is such a joy in my life. He is literally the best baby ever. He has a great temperament and is pretty easy going. I'd say that I have been very lucky. I also am married now! I am sure this blog will bring much insight on that as well :) My original goal was to write a reflection on what was going on as Landon grew up... Like a MomBlog. I still intend to do that with this blog, but I also want to write more about my experiences as a person, wife, mother, bible study attendant, and grad school student. Basically, this is just my personal insight on life. Yup, PERSONAL. 

I recently had the opportunity to share a bit of myself with someone I hadnt talked to in years. The experience of it was awestrucking! I had never thought God would use my life, my mistakes, my hurts and pains, to help some one else. I really believe that what keeps us down most is feeling like no one understands, and that we are alone in the world. From a counseling perspective, group sessions are aimed at creating an environment where people can relate to one another. Why cant we then use this same concept in our every day lives? When we see someone hurting, our initial reaction should be, "hey, I've been hurt too... This is what I did to get me through it" or "I know your hurting, so am I. Lets get through this together". I think we are liars for the most part, wanting our lives to seem peachy and perfect. This particular person told me that my life seemed perfect. HA! No ones life is perfect, and my life has been far from perfect. But the imperfections, bumps in the road, mistakes we make, and harships we face all make us who we are and take us to where we need to go. They create our own unique story, and if we let him, God will use these stories. 

Forgiveness, refinement and grace have been the three tools that God has used in my life the past year or so. For the sake of not making this post 5 pages long, I will just give a brief explination on how these things helped me. Forgiveness of *myself* (definitely the hardest part), forgiving those who have hurt me and accepting that others have forgiven me as well. Refinement (1 Peter- basically the whole thing) means going through a "fire" or trial for the purpose of making you a better person. Lord knows the fires I have had to go through! Grace, like forgiveness, it being thankful for what God has done in my life. I have had to accept Gods grace, undeservingly, but humbly. I have to thank him and remind myself of how far I have come. 

Life is still hard. I have my bad days and my good days. I get frustrated, overwhelmed, and exhausted. I want to give up sometimes. I wish life could be as simple as it was when I was younger. I am envious and selfish. But I try my hardest to make things work. I get up in the morning and take care of my son. I study as hard as I can to succeed in school. I try my hardest to be a good wife and mom. Do I fail? Daily. 

I titled this blog A Daily Dose of Love, because that is what we need. We need love every single day. We can get it from our friends, our spouse or significant other, our parents, our job, hobbies, our children... but I believe the dose that matters, and that will carry us through all of our life experiences, is the love we recieve from God. Like I said, I fail all the time. But I also succeed a lot too. The bible tells us that God has a plan for us (Jeremiah), and that we can do all things through Christ (Phillipians). If we follow him and his plan for us, then we will never fail. Our lives dont end here on this earth! That is what I am trying to focus on, in all areas of my life... I hope this is inspirational for others and that people can relate to me. 


-Alyssa L. Albritton 


(I am still getting used to my new last name!! So I might write it a lot... just sayin!)