My Two Year Vacation

I haven't blogged in almost 2 years. In fact, my last blog post was on a blog I started during law school to keep my family up to date on the day to day miseries of law school. You can find that blog here but I wont be updating that blog anymore. A lot has happened since I ran the Live Oak Lion's Club 5k in 2007. Here's a quick run down of the last two years of my life...

• On October 27, 2007 I married Sara Perez who is amazing and keeps my life moving forward.
• I got hooked up with Kevin Joyce, pastor of Imagine Fellowship, and had the chance of a lifetime to help plant a very cool church in San Antonio, Texas.
• I graduated from St. Mary's University School of Law in May, 2008.
• I studied 16 hours a day for two months straight, all the while neglecting my wife and daughter, hoping that I would pass the Texas bar exam on my first attempt.
• On November 8, 2008 I was admitted to the Texas State Bar and licensed to practice law in Texas.
• On November 19, 2008 I was shocked and heart broken when Max Torres, a mentor and friend, died in a motorcycle accident.
• On May 4, 2009 everything changed for my wife and I when Sofia Nicole Perez was born!
• On July 28, 2009 I am moving my family and practice to Corpus Christi to be closer to my oldest daughter Kaitlyn.

If I had taken a snapshot of my life then and compared it to a snapshot of my life today, the pictures would be drastically different. Some of the changes were expected, and others took me by surprise. Losing a close friend was a sobering wake up call.

The changes over the last two years remind me that just as the snapshot of my life has changed over time, it will continue to change. I feel challenged to make decisions today that will positively impact the snapshot of my future.

Are there changes you could make today that would improve next year's snapshot? The changes may be minor details or major course corrections. Change is never easy but without it, we are swallowed up in regrets and "what if's."

How has your snapshot changed over the last few years?

What changes do you have in mind as you think about tomorrow's snapshot?