OK I Am LATE – But What is NEW???

I am soooo sorry – I sat down to blog on June 9th and my time got away from me!!  June 9th 1995 – my life changed FOREVER!!  My precious Daughter #2 was born!!  To set the pace of this story…let me tell you that timeliness was not the case at this time in our lives.  Daughter #2 was actually due on May 24th!!  During this time, I was also getting Daughter #1 ready to leave for a 4 week Mission Trip to Honduras on June 10 on top of being on bed rest for 6 weeks!! 

She finally arrived after induction on that Friday in June!!  We named her after The Only Guy in the House’s Mom!!  Shortly after Daughter #2 was born, we called my dear sweet Mother-In-law to the door of my room.  New Daddy had the baby in his arms and we gave the news of her namesake (she had no clue!)  She took the baby and proceded to carry her down the hall to the nursery and was not gonna let anyone else do it!!

Happy 14th Birthday!!!

Please Pray…

One thing  I love about blogging is that it is another mode of communication to ask people to pray.  A dear friend of mine (who also happens to be one of my Blog Mentors) is dealing with a HUGE unexpected mess this week. 

She got a call from her parents on Monday – one of those calls we never forget.  They called to tell her that her younger brother had died.  Death is not easy to deal with in any way, but he was murdered.  The paper says that he might have been familiar with his killer, so therefore, this is NOT CONSIDERED A RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE!!  I am sorry but VIOLENCE is VIOLENCE!

The man who murdered him has been arrested, and now they family has, well we all who have lost someone know, to say a final good-bye.

God is the BEST HANDYMAN EVER!!!

You know God ALWAYS fixes things that are broken…one way or another.  He NEVER ceases to amaze me.  We have had a mess on our hands and Daughter #2 has suffered because of this mess.  I pray daily and try not to worry that it is not too late for her.  We have been dealing with a huge challenge in the form of a teacher this year.  I thank you all for your prayers, as many of you have been in constant prayer about this situation.  GOD ALWAYS PREVAILS!!  Now, we will just hold our breathe for our CRCT scores to arrive.  I am thrilled to tell you that by the end of this week Daughter #2 can walk back into her classroom – ABUSE FREE!!!

My Girls – Jamaican Style

 

 

Thank you all who have helped with this Spring Break Mission Trip – Maybe you bought a Discount Card (or sold one or two), or you sent Daughter #2 a donation, or maybe you are one of the many Prayer Warriors, praying for this group…Thank You ALL!!!   I also have to thank my Deputy SIL, because he made a BIG sacrifice this week – he sent his wife (Daughter #1)!!

Daughter #2 is just an 8th Grader and she was required to have a Parent accompany her on this trip.  I really felt lead to say “yes” – we would committ to go on this trip and I was certain God would provide and HE DID!!  As a Mother of Four Girls and this trip was over Spring Break Week, I realized early on that I had to let God help me with these plans!!  I also felt a peace  that Daughter #1 was to go in my place as the weeks went by.  You can bet that Daughter #2 was confident she was going to Jamaica on Spring Break the minute Chad, our Minister to Students, announced it!

Some of you my know, but most of you do not, but Daughter #1 has always had a Big Heart for Missions…and somewhere over the past 10-12 years , that desire was stored!!  She went to Honduras as a 13 year old and Mozambique as a 15 year old and had to raise all of her support on her own!!!  I knew in my heart that she would go to Jamaica!!

They are having a great week.  Today has been rough for them and me too.  Daughter #1 has been really sick and it has moved into her chest and Daughter #2 had her camera stolen.  Needless to say – I sat and had a little meltdown this afternoon. 

A dear Friend and another Jamaica Mission Trip Momma sent me this inspiration today – But you know they are in God’s hands and He knew they would be in Jamaica before they were even born. 

I am so very proud of my girls.  Thank you for your continued prayers!!

My Sweet Little Girl

This past weekend I forced(you know as Mom’s, we are good at that – sometimes) my poor little sweet 8 Year Old – Daughter #4 to do something she did not want to do.  My Aunt said “Why did you do that?”

Well you know, I have have learned in these 40 some odd years, that we should treat people like we want to be treated, and that is really a motto I live by.  When people are sick – you take a meal, when people have th, you celebrate, when people get married or have a baby, you join in the celebration.  And when people die, you just GO!!!

Last Thursday, Daughter #4 had a Good Buddy who lost a Big Brother at the early age of 19.  Oh, I could not imagine what this family has been through.  Death is not easy to deal with EVER – but Unexpected Death is a SHOCKER.

Daughter #4 and I set out to the Funeral Home in Auburn on Saturday.  When we walked in, this precious little 8 Year Old was lost in a sea of BIG PEOPLE.  When she saw Daughter #4 and realized this person was here to see her, she lit up!!!  They talked and sat and Daughter #4 did alot of listening.

On the way home my Daughter #4 said, “Mom why was she not sad??”  I said, “Sweetie you made her happy!”

I Want to be Remembered That Way!

This has been a sad, but happy month.  Have said good- bye to a few dear friends this month.  I have so many friends that make fun of me and the funerals I attend, but I have learned that this is a part of this big ole journey that we are on called – LIFE!  Memories – of when I was a young 22 year old thing have flooded me this week.   I came to this Great Little City called LaGrange,  all by myself,  to start a new path and serve on the chruch staff at First Baptist on the Square.  Shortly after I arrived, a Real Estate Agent, who was also a Deacon at the Church, took me apartment hunting.  For some silly reason, he decided we needed to stop by a local pharmacy???  He wanted to introduce me to one of his dear friends, who was also a Deacon at the Church.  That was the day that I met Mr. Charles Forbus.  Over the years I have learned so much about this man, his wife of 58 years (58 – count them), his children, his grandchildren ( and his GREATS!!), his passion for helping, his smile, his “How is my Buddie Today??” ( I was always his buddie!!), his customers, his friends, his passion for life and most of all – His Love for Christ.  He loved everyone he met with the love of Christ!  I want to leave a Leagacy like that!  I want my friends and family to know that I love them UNCONDITIONALLY!   I want to be remembered that way!!!

Wow, Where Did February Go???

I know February is a very short mont, but WOW – It Flew!!!  I must apologize, but I have been a terrible Blogger this past month.  It was a busy month!!

The picture in my last blog post is a very dear family that I LOVE – that has had a rough couple of weeks!

Please pray for these sweet friends this morning as they travel an all too familiar path today and bury their Grandmother and Mother-in-Law.  And, exactly two weeks after they said good-bye to their Mother and Wife!  Mother and Daughter Reunited is the phrase I have heard most out of this GANG!

Please pray for safe travels as several of them travel back home.  Please pray for peace and rest for them all.  Three funerals and the loss of a baby is a BIG Burden for a family – especially in all of three weeks!!

Please Pray….

Please pray for this dear sweet family that I have mentioned before….

Amy, Nancy, Wendy, and Sharon

February Already??

Wow  -2009 has had running start!!!  And it is February already.  Before you know it it will be time to clelebrate the Only Guy in the House’s Birthday! And where did January go???

Grandparents???

Am I old enough to be a Granny???  Well,  I guess I will be just after my next birthday in September of this year when our first Grandchild will arrive!!!