Category: Family

Family

A Little More About Me

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Well according to my blog stats, I think I’ve had at least a couple of visitors (hopefully it’s not counting every time I get on there to change something lol) so I decided I’d take a little bit of time and tell you more about myself. I am a middle aged (god I hate that term, but I can’t think of anything better) single woman who is learning to love my life as it is and not always looking for something better. Since I was 14 years old I have been diagnosed with one chronic illness after another. For a long time, I’ve hated my body because of this but I’ve become more accepting as I get older. I’ve become more appreciative of my life in the past couple of years. I have a great family that loves me, kids that love me like a mom (most of the time, 🙂 ), and pets that love me no matter what happens or how I feel. I’m very fortunate to have not just one family but to have three. I have my parents who raised me living next door to me (they are precious to me), I have my biological mom and two brothers, and I have my biological dad, stepmother and a brother and sister. I don’t get to see my biological family as much as I would like to because I can’t travel very much but I love them, and they know it and that’s the most important thing I think.

As far as my kids go (well they’re actually becoming young adults now) I met them in 2012. They were good kids then and they’re becoming great parents and still learning exactly what it takes and how to be adults. But they’re all working hard to make their lives something they can be proud of. And I have them to thank for my grandkids! My only son, A, has a 16-month-old son, M, who is absolutely adorable, and he knows he’s adorable! A is a great young man who is going through a hard time right now and still trying to find his way out of it. But I have faith that he will come out of his problems a better and stronger man.

My oldest daughter, D, is one of the sweetest, most caring young women I’ve ever met. She cares about everyone and everything no matter what they’ve done for her or to her. She has a 4-year-old son, L, and he is a riot, he has absolutely no problem telling you exactly what’s on his mind. He’s the first grandbaby of the family and had a short run as being the only grandbaby. D is currently due any time now with her second little boy and she can’t wait for him to come, just not today (today is L’s birthday and she hasn’t gone into labor today, so he’ll still have his birthday to himself).

I think I’ve written enough for now so I’ll write more later about my daughters, T and L2.  Have a great night!

Family, Thankfulness

Gratefulness in Spite of Problems

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I normally spend Saturdays trying to focus on things to be thankful for. One of my support groups calls it Graturday but today it’s just not happening. I’ve only had my Explorer for 15 months. I got October 2016 with the money I got after my Buick got totaled. Today I’m coming down the highway and tapped my brakes. When I hit the gas again nothing happened, it just rolled like I didn’t even have it in gear. I managed to “roll” it off the main highway into a gravel lot. Every time I tried to put it in gear (reverse, drive, neutral, it didn’t matter which one) after that it made the most atrocious grinding noise I’ve EVER heard and to top that off when I put it in park it kept rolling so I had to use the emergency brake to keep it in place. Now I’m no mechanic but to me it sounds and acts like the transmission has gone out, I don’t know. So, I called our regular mechanic and asked him if he could come and tow me to his shop. I waited two hours, but he was nice enough to come get me even on his day off. I rode back to his shop with him and waited for my dad to come pick me up. I didn’t even ask what he might even think is wrong with it because I knew my dad would. Sure enough when my dad got there he asked D what he thought was wrong and D told him he really couldn’t tell anything just by listening to it that he’d have to put it up on the rack Monday and look at it to find out. Now I do have two cars I use my Explorer on a daily basis, but I do have my Jimmy which is four-wheel drive and used mostly during the winter. I knew that the Jimmy battery would need to be charged because I haven’t used it lately but what my dad and I found when we raised the hood was UNBELIEVABLE!!! We raised the hood to attach the battery charger and somebody had come on my property and STOLE MY BATTERY!!! Right out of the Jimmy, a big empty space where the battery should have been. I’m still in shock over that, I mean who steals a battery out of somebody’s care? Why would someone do that? It makes no sense to me and that just pisses me off to no end. So, on top of the repairs I’m going to have to pay for now I owe my parents for buying me a new battery. Ugh I’m never going to catch up.

I guess looking back at what I’ve written I do have a couple of things for Graturday after all. I’m grateful that my mechanic took time out of his off day to come and rescue me. And I’m grateful that my parents love me enough to not only come and get me but to also buy a battery for my Jimmy so that I have a car to use.