(November '17)

This is where I share eight of my favorite moments, experiences, quotes or anything else from the previous month. (They're not really in any particular order.)

8. I went out for coffee with a new friend!

7. Saw three plays this month! First was TCC's Dracula which I went to totally at the last minute. I saw a couple of former cast-mates and made a new friend that was with them! The next one I saw, in the same weekend, was Little Theatre of Norfolk's Arsenic and Old Lace. Everyone that I told I was going to see the show said it was good and I agree. The third one was Dirty Dancing at the Chrysler!

6. Out of a few people I've told about ketones, one person tried the 5-Day Experience and her telling me about her experience using them was the coolest thing. It was so exciting to hear what they were doing for her and I hope I can touch other people in the same way through ketones. Read about how ketones impacted me HERE.

5. I finished the Discovering Christ program at my church and I felt newly connected to Christ. Another huge part of this was when I missed going to church while I was in Florida. I went the following Saturday evening like I usually do and my thoughts immediately fell to Honduras.

I've taken mission trips there and I recalled how some villages there don't get the Eucharist but once a year, maybe not even then. It took missing church that one week to make me realize how lucky I am to be able to go to Mass once a week and even have it available to me every day if I want it. The week after that, I felt incredibly joyful in church, something I have NEVER experienced and since then I've felt a deeper and more personal connection to Jesus than before and I am really loving it.

4. I took part in a photo shoot for The Mass Box, which is a kit kids can do each week that contains a craft related to the readings in church each week. I got to be "the teacher" showing the kids how to do the craft. Thank you to Something Like Real Pictures; It was fun!

3. I help my mom decorate for holidays at her job and recently I helped her with Halloween and now Christmas. I like interior decorating so whenever I get the opportunity to, I have a good time with it.

2. My dad, younger sister, and I went together to a craft fair of 200+ vendors at the convention center down at the beach. Afterwards, we went to this little corner cafe called Zeke's beans and bowls. My dad got a flatbread sandwich and my sister and I got fruit bowls. Personally, one of my new favorite low-key hipster spots; Definitely would like to go there again sometime.

1. I completed a personal fitness challenge that kicked my healthy lifestyle up to another level. Possible video to be released in January!