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!