Hello pretty blog readers,
Some of you may know about my other blog, farmyourfuture.blogspot.com, but as I recently graduated high school and I look forward to starting college soon I figured it was time for a new, fresh blog. I am, by no means, the expert-blogger-extraordinaire. I enjoy writing and blogging has been a great form of therapy for me lately. I hope that through this blog I can share with you my opinions on the things I love most, my latest inspirations, the adventures of college life, and how The Lord is working in my life.
There are a few facts, however, that you should first know about me... I live each day through the grace of my Savior and my Lord for I have been saved. We are the Lucky Ones and I am a Daughter of Christ. God has blessed me with a beautiful family, including two supportive parents who are living examples of everlasting true love and an older sister who has always been more like a twin. My father has been my toughest critic, my first love, my patient speech coach (we'll get to that in a bit), and the one who instilled a passion for agriculture deep in my soul. My mother is the one who has always cheered me on, inspires me to be a strong, southern, Proverbs 31 woman, and thankfully taught me to "tease, tease, tease" my hair.
My obvious passion, besides Jesus and my family, is the agricultural industry. I was raised on a small Brangus cattle farm where we also dabbled in wildlife management and raising quail. My love for agriculture inspired me to join the National FFA Organization in the seventh grade and, little did I know, it would soon become my identity. Throughout my six years in FFA, I held several leadership positions including chapter president and district president, won six district championships in public speaking, one state championship, and was recognized as finishing in the top sixteen in the nation as a prepared public speaking semi-finalist. I guess you could say my dad was a pretty great coach! Most recently, I ran for a Florida FFA state office. After making it through the candidate process, God began to reveal to me that my life outside of FFA is supposed to begin a little sooner than I had hoped as I lost my election. There has been a few moments in my life that God has tested my faith in great ways and losing that election was one. But on the other hand, I am now blessed to begin the journey to find out who Ashley McLeod really is and that's pretty dang exciting!
"God is within her, she will not fall." -Psalm 46:5 |
Finally, I will leave you with one last fact about myself. Some of my closest friends even find this a bit odd, but I write letters quite frequently to my future husband. Not that I have any clue who he is but I know that God is preparing a pretty awesome man for me who I already completely adore beyond words! But enough about him, but I'll be sure to ooh and ahh over him some more later.
God bless!
God bless!
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