Hello November...

A new month has arrived, well actually three days ago but for me today seemed like the first day of November! November means so many things to me from an upcoming year in my life to giving thanks on a table eating turkey (and ham!) and pumpkin pies. All of my life November has been my favorite month but it was not until this year that I realized a deeper meaning to it. I was born on a hot November night in a far away city in Mexico, (it was hot because I was born in a beach city, Mazatlán). I always thought it was normal for another birthday to come around (since I’ve had twenty-two of them already). But another November is another opportunity to work on God’s purpose in my life. For the longest time I’ve been wasting Novembers and I’ve been living them as if I have a million left, but I don’t. I do not know how many Novembers God will give me, how many more birthdays I will have, how many more times I will have a Thanksgiving dinner around the people I love. I do not know how many Novembers I’ll have to wear boots (one of my obsessions!) or how many more pumpkin pies I’ll enjoy (gosh I’m in LOVE with them!). Or how many Novembers God will grant me to write poetry, prose and non-fiction. I do not know if on an upcoming November I will have published my own book. But what I do know that on this November (which is already beautiful!) I’ll live it like it were my last, do the things that I love, (even if I have to wear boots everyday and eat pumpkin pie every night before I sleep listening to Christmas carols) and most importantly living my life the way God intended. So I challenge you to live this November loving the ones you care about and telling them how much you love them everyday of this monthJ (hey: be creative)!