6/23/12 New Beginnings

Hello everyone,
I see I haven't posted since November of 2010. I hope you are all doing well and that life is treating you kind. I started this blogging journey in hopes of letting our family and friends in various states know what was going on with us.  I am sorry I didn't keep up with that. I hit a rough patch but I am trusting in my Lord to help pull me through and as always He lifts me up as I rest on Him. 

We have turned many corners in the last few months.  We have embraced the full life of being first-time grandparents as well as being the parents of all adult children.  Our youngest, Rochelle just turned 20 this past May.  She will be going on a mission trip with our church to Alaska in July thanks to many sponsors who love her (and some of her hard work).  Thank you to all of you. You know who you are. I will miss her when she leaves but she will be back in a week's time. I am feeling the empty nest and wondering what this new life has in store for us.

Tiffany, our middle daughter still works at Good Housekeeping and will be getting married in August. I am so happy for her and look forward to welcoming a new son-in-law.  His name is Chris and they have known each other since he was 13 so he's been family for a long time, we're just making it official.

Heather and David are living in Thibodaux with their daughter Jamie who will be 3 in December. It was said by my sister-in-law Dawnell that you blink and 10 years have gone by.  I told her the problem is we blinked too many times. It's ok though, being a grandmother doesn't make me feel old, in a strange way it has made me feel young again.  Life is renewed through a new life and we are blessed.

We have been blessed that after a struggle to keep our home through the foreclosure crisis we have been given a new hope that it will remain in our care.  We prayed for the Lord to show us His will through all of this red tape, knowing that whether we were able to keep our home or not, God is good and He's in control.  Thank you Lord for blessing us once again.  I put my family photos back on the wall yesterday.  They were the hardest things of all to take down when we were expecting to be evicted any day. Now they are where they belong.  I can't wait to add my grand-daughters height line to the doorframe next to her mom's and her aunts' heights.  We became a Christian family while under the roof of this house and it is for that reason more than any other that it means so much to me. 

David was the witness to a tragic accident this past February in which a young girl was texting while driving.  She hit a roadside ditch and her car flipped several times, killing her instantly.  It was a horrible experience for him and for her family.  It has been a long road for him to get past the images but he is doing better.  He didn't know the girl but his heart hurt so much for her family.  I hope that everyone who takes the chance to send a "quick" text while driving will realize that their actions hurt more people than they could ever dream of.  It can be deadly. 

Over the past few months I have been running with my parents back and forth to hospitals and doctors.  We almost lost Dad a few weeks ago when his bone marrow shut down due to the rheumatoid arthritis drugs he was on. Thankfully God allowed us a bit more time with him. Mom also had surgery to repair a hernia and damage to her esophagus from reflux. She has recovered well.

 I am trying to decide what to do to keep myself occupied and find myself drawn to pinterest.  It is a very enjoyable site.  I have made a gift of one of the crafts I found there and hope to try many others. We shall see.  It will give me new ideas for this Christmas.  :)

Well, that's it for this time. I hope this blog finds you all happy, healthy and safe.  Take care and God bless.