Who am I????

This is a blog challenge from OCP (check my fave sites links) and I am ready to embrace it.
Let's dig into the question. Who am I? I suppose that it COULD depend on who you asked although the people that know me today can say that I am a far cry from the person that I used to be (Praise the Lord!!!!!).
Today I am a butterfly that has been freed from the confines of a jar. My captor was my fears and my doubts and the Lord released me from those as he carefully unscrewed the lid to set me free. I am a proud person. I am proud of what I have been through and I am proud of how I rose above my circumstances and happenings to become the person that I am today.
I am a work in progress. A never ending masterpiece in the making. I STRIVE to be the best wife, mother, and Christian that I can. Although, it is all a learning experience.
I'm a new person, I am not that person that I was all those years ago. That person has been completely erased from the books as the Lord started on the new and improved me.
I strive to do right by those around me. I hate to see people suffering or sad. I'm an EXTREMELY patient person (Just ask my husband...lol).
As for where I am in my Christianity today....I am TRYING so hard to do right. I know that I make mistakes but I also know that there is a kind and loving God who will take them and remove them from the slate. As far as he is concerned "I am as pure as the driven snow". Which is something that I never allowed myself to believe before.
WHO AM I???? I am a new creation in Christ.

I am a mom who is proud to be a servant to her children instead of a hen pecking nag. I love to watch them grow and am so blessed to be able to help them and show them how to live. It isn't a MUST do anymore it is a WANT to do.
I am a wife to a man who I ADORE. God put us together and said....this is good. He is the only person who was able to see past my coy games, my walls, and my lies. He saw the real me the instant that he met me and holds me to being that person. I am eternally grateful to my husband for that. I am deeply in love with him!!!!
I am a friend who will NOT let you suffer alone. I will take your burdens and I will lift them when you can't carry them. I will talk to you about ANYTHING you want to talk about and only offer advice when asked.

WHERE AM I GOING???
I am starting a new journey. I'm freed from my confines and ready to see what this world is REALLY all about. Through different eyes. I plan on telling the world about what I have seen from my jar and who released me from it.

I guess that's about all. I'm complex and simple. I am loved and I am hated. I am strong and I am weak. I am a mother and a daughter. I am a wife and a friend. I am full of hope and overfilled with blessings and loved. I am ME.