Family

I love family. I am so glad that my children have connection of their heritage. I just pray that family members always want to do and be the best for my kids. Growing up for me, family was different than most. My dad wasn't around much and my mom was the parent that I had for a long time. She started out as being a single parent and on welfare. But with help with a few individuals she worked herself off of welfare and was able to stand on her on. It also seemed like she was in college all the time. With all the college my mom has it could equal a doctorate in Early Childhood Education. She showed me that you had to work for what you want. To this day she still has a love for children and wanting to understand how they think. It is amazing that even when you retire that you naturally will go to what you know.
I know very little of my father. Just in this past year I have reconnected to my aunt, father's sister. She has shared something’s about my dad to me. Between my mom and her I know that my dad was very talented in painting and in art in general. That was a talent that I am glad has been passed down to me. My step-dad is a great man as well. He taught me that you work hard at something and you will get it. He also showed me that even though we weren't blood, that didn't mean that, we weren't family. Family sometimes is better when you don't have blood relationship at all.
Yesterday, my kids talked about various family members and what they love about them. Nathan talks about everyone, every day. But I have noticed that he is starting to get a love for Uncle Mike, Jonathan's brother-in-law (Rhonda's husband). He talked about how Uncle Mike loves his girls and that one day he will have someone to help him with his girls, a wife. Many people in the family hear that and get mad because they feel that if he does get married again, that the individual will take the place of Rhonda that passed away in November. Yeah, you could see it that way. Nathan sees it as a blessing for their family. A blessing for Mike and a blessing for his three girls, and only time will tell and God knows all things.
Savannah talked about her favorite friend of all, Maddie. She walked around the house with her pretend cell phone talking about what they are going to do and the plans for their future. One plan that she has is that they are going to college together. Never know, but it is exciting to see such love and understanding that those two have.
Abby, will she can talk just a little. Recently, her favorite person to talk to is her Aunt Rhonda. Wow, a two year old that remembers some of her Aunt. Last year in April, Rhonda finally got a doctor that would listen to her about the problems that she was having and found out that she had cancer. The fight was short and hard for her. She passed away in November, seven months. Especially at the end of her fight she had gotten closer to my children. We love her dearly and miss her daily. We have pictures of her around the house and Abby walks over to them and say, "My Aunt Rhonda." I look up and agree with her. She smiles and stares at the picture. It’s amazing.
For me, I have rebuilt a relationship with my mom after a few years of discord. The backbone for me has been my sister, Brianna. She always calls me and keeps in contact with me. We Facebook each other and we respect each other. I love the relationship that has been built through the years.
This was my day yesterday, thinking about family and see how family plays apart in my children and in myself. I pray that each individual in my family and in Jonathan's realize the importance of each other and try to stay part of my kids’ life. I have decided this year that we are not going to try to keep you part of our lives. If you can't respect the fact that we are on this earth then why bother. It is a two way door; I can go and try to stay in contact with you, visit you, and love you but, you have a responsibility to come to my door and try to have a relationship the same way.
Hope everyone has a good day. It looks good here. The kids are healthy and moving around and I have a full day of school, for myself and for my little homeschoolers. I am so glad that I have started using the computer as part of Nathan's schooling because he is doing so much better. But for him today, he is hitting the books. God bless you all.

First Day of the Next Chapter of my Life

I decided that I am changing things in my life. Starting today I am living a new life and for the better. I am excited to see what God has in store for my family and as we start this new journey.

Yesterday was the last day of a chapter of unknown. From every part of our lives we were in the unknown or undecided. From our household to our ministry for God, we had items that were not defined or didn't have enough information to make a decision on the path that we were taking. But, as of today, we know what we are doing with our children in every aspect. We know what church we are going to, we defined our ministry and ready for the next phase of working for God, and we know what we want for our family.

Who I am? I am a mom of three children, oldest is a boy and two girls. I am a college student getting an education to better help my family and to help what we are planning in ministry. I have been married for nine years as of this year. My husband is a minister, singer, songwriter, and there is much more that he can do for God. Are beliefs are from the foundation of the apostolic world. We want to raise our children knowing the things of God and how to serve people. I am a teacher; I home school my children. There are two reasons why I decided to home school my children; One, I wanted to teach my children from a Christian perspective and two, because my son needs the one on one that you get in homeschooling.

I decided to write a blog because I want to share my everyday experiences with everyone. I want to share my life experiences from homeschooling my children to my experience with God and ministry. I know that I don't have the answers all the time and I am still younger than most but I do believe that I can help someone with what I share on here. Daily I will be writing about my day and what happened. I hope that I can help you through my experiences and hope that you share with me what is going on in your life.