Life Has It's Struggles

Johnny would you have ever imagined when you were a teenager and I was a youngster we would be where we are today? We had some tough times and struggles getting together, we had a major illness to overcome and then we had a few years to live as Husband and Wife together, alone, to do what we wanted, when we wanted and I really enjoyed those years..After that came Daegan. WOW Daegan, I could go on forever about him. I am so very proud of our Mally that it isn't worthy of words. He fills my heart with sunshine and makes the days interesting when we are together. He is the perfect combination of the both of us. Look out, the pre-teen, teen years will probably kill us but I am looking forward to them. Along with children comes responsibility and a rejuggling of time. It seems that things change and the child is the most important thing in life, he says jump, we say how hi. I know we are trying to fix this and I think we are headed down the right path. But in the beginning going down the path was very bumpy. We didn't always agree and one of us felt contraindicted in some way. Now, I feel we are getting on the same page. You are starting to support me more. You are noticing the things that need changed and are working on that.

Life and things have gotten me down alot lately. The month of December pretty much sucked. My dad broke his hip and had to have it pinned, my brother in law found out he was severely blocked to his heart and had had a heart attack at some point and the result of that was a quadruple by-pass, my brohter decided for the first time in what has probably been all my life that he just couldn't do christmas because crowds weren't his thing....35 a crowd? 35 sounds like a party to me but who am I? And then when we thought nothing else could happen our beloved Granny went home to be with God! Now that was a remarkable lady! She definately deserves cudos. Always smiling, never complaining, alwasys ready to tell you a story or play a game of cards! She will be sadly missed by anyone whose heart she ever touched and if she never touched your heart it is your loss! I have never met such a humble woman in my lifetime.

My wonderful husband Johnny has stuck by me and helped me through alot. I have a long way to go but I know that without him by my side I would be completely lost and don't know if I could get through the day..So Thanks! For all the hugs, kisses, text msg, and everything else you do but most of all Thanks just for being you! God put us together for a reason! I need you. Daegan needs us, We need each other!

To Johnny, Thank you so much for Disney! It was everything I expected. Truely Magical! A new smile on any one of our faces every day was worth millions! THANK U SO MUCH!

I will love you until the day after forever!
Amanda

The Time Has Come

I am making some personal decisions lateley. These have nothing to do with anybody but myself, I have done quite a bit of soul searching and have come to the conclusion that I have to take time to take care of me! My spiritual life has suffered in ways that I can not even describe and all it took was one Very Special Lady, and a few Kind words and I completely re-examined my life. I am going to strive to be the best Wife, Mother and Friend that I can be. My family is the most important thing to me in the world and that is why I have committed to going to church and getting my life back on track. I did this for me/us. My son was missing out on something wonderful, the knowledge of God and that was making me very sad! Now mind you I view church a place to learn and soak up all the knowledge that I can about Gods mission for us. This is not a place to smile at you one minute and find the knife as soon as you get the opportunity. I feel that Mike and Vicky do a marvelous job leading our church and can not wait to get started in the Wednesday evening group and get to know them much better! I do have to say a huge THANK YOU to the most wonderful lady in the world for the encouragement and giving me the courage to embark on this endevor. I LOVE YOU! I Love Your Family. It just goes to show that God can minister anywhere including the beauty shop.

Bye, Bye Gossips

When I first posted this picture I thougt it was funny, now it just makes me terribly sad! After the happenings to so many good people over the past severl months the time has come for me to say GoodBye to the Gossips!

For My Good Friend

This is for my wonderful friend Jessica Flowers and her family! I am aware that your family has been going through some really rough stuff for the past several months! I want you to know that those who are out to hurt you and your family and friends are small! Small in numbers and weak in strength! I know what is being done is very hurtful but stay strong! YOU ARE STRONG! YOUR NUMBERS ARE MANY and most of all GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE! You have to know that you have more friends than enemies and that the enemies are just drawing at straws to pit people against you. You are who you are and you are wonderful and genuine and true to people and it is not going to work. Your true friends will love and support you through it all! I know that I could not have made it through the past few years without such a wonderful person on my side to listen, care, love and just be themselves! Knowing that I can pick up the phone at any moment and you are there just to listen! Know this Jessica Flowers my family loves you and your family! Our prayers are with you and the ones that you love!

Note: To the "evil doers" of the world whom ever you should be...some day, maybe not today, but someday in some fashion this will all come back to bite you in the butt!

Everyone has the right to make choices! Know that the choices you make affect the lives of more than just yourself and have lasting results. We also have the right to choose and follow God and with his strength we can accomplish anything!

**Negative comments will not be posted. Anyone who reads this and doesn't agree can KEEP IT TO THEMSELVES! I don't blog much anymore and since it is after all my blog I can make the choice of what to put out there. These are my feelings and I will express them. If you don't like it, DONT READ IT!

Does This Image Mean Anything Anymore?

Why is being hurtful and mean so socially acceptable now?

Do your actions reflect the actions of a true Christian? Are you loving, kind, caring and forgiving? Do you live by the truth? Do you live by the words of the bible or is your ajenda to be hean and hurtful to gain empowerment?

The power or idea of gaining power is not what is going to make you happy. Being mean and hurtful may feel good for a while, but eventually that "high" wears off and you are off again to find the newest bit of evil to spread. By these things I am not impressed.

My heart is breaking knowing that a very good friend of mine is going through some really trying times. I know in my heart she is a wonderful person with morals and Christian values and that she shows them day to day in her actions and willingness to help others.

I pray that God keeps her strong.

I pray that God helps those who are trying to find empowerment the wrong way CHOOSE the right path for them to set them in the right direction.

Please know my friend that we are praying for you and your family! We love and support you 100%.

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Has Anyone Else Ever Been Rain Sleddin?

Sunday as we all know we woke to the wonderful sound of pouring rain. I having a very active 4 year old wondered how in the world I was ever going to keep him busy all day long without any major melt downs.

Problem: It was pouring down rain! :(

Solution: Dress the child up like the Gorton's Fisherman and send him out in the rain telling him not to run in and out and hope for the best! :)

This is the end result! A new sport! Did I mention he also has a very good imagination. A few minutes after Daegan went outside I decided to look out the window to see where he was and what he was doing. I saw him in what seemed to be knee deep water in our ditch with his sled. I had no idea what he was doing until I raised the window and asked him what he was doing with the snow sled. Duh! Rain Sleddin! Now hind sight is 20/20....looking back I should have known the answer to that right? Well next time I won't ask!

He had such a good time. Yes it was messy, yes he was soaked, yes he did have muddy clothes and feet but....All I could do was smile. This would have been something my parents would have done with us back in the good ole days to keep us busy and I just kept thinking what a sad world we would live in if our children couldn't go outside and play and create things such as "rain sleddin"!

Way to go Daegan! Great use of the old thinker! Keep having fun little man!