A Light in the Darkness

 One thing I have always been thankful for are the men in my life. Some have come and gone and come back again, some have been punks, some have been sweet, some have been my protectors, 2 of them are my brothers, 1 is my dad, 2 are my sons, some are friends for life no matter the time, distance, or stuff that happens in between, 1 is my amazing husband, and the list goes on. There have been several times in my life that I have been hurt by men, but many more times that I have been loved, respected, protected, prayed for, and cared for by them. You see I grew up with 2 brothers and 4 of 5 of my cousins are guys. I didn't have many friends in my life that were girls and I'm still like that today. Most of my friends growing up were my brother's friends. I felt like the 3rd wheel most of the time because a lot of the times I was the only girl but I didn't care, I liked being the only girl.  So why am I telling you this? I have several reasons why but the biggest reason is t...

Did you know one of the worst things you can do is act before you think? Well guys that’s what I did this week.   I acted before I thought. Worse yet, I acted before I had taken time to pray or read my bible. It all started last Friday night Joslin wasn’t feeling good and Chuck and I noticed that her jaw line was swollen, so in fear she might have an abscess, I took her to the ER and we didn’t get home until 3am Saturday morning. Tuesday I had to take Joslin to the dentist to confirm she does have an abscess and will need 2 baby teeth pulled next week. Wednesday Jadin went to the dentist to get 2 baby teeth pulled because his permanent teeth were coming in and his baby teeth were not getting loose. One of those days my dryer went out, my kids are in K12 online school and they are trying to get caught back up after missing 3 days of school, and then Thursday I got mad at my dad. I had already planned to drop my kids off at my parent’s house so that I could go to rehearsal, so I did ...