My dad and Grayson arrived Friday night December 17th at 11 pm safely. Samantha was mesmerized by seeing Grayson. Seeing them hug and react to each other was such a blessing after not seeing each other for a year. Love does not have a time limit or distance; I see that more and more as I grow older. I saw it in the kids as they saw it. It almost brings tears to my eyes thinking how I felt when I got that 1st hug from my son who now almost stands up to my chin. Wow, it is powerful; the love the Lord makes us capable of having.
We celebrated Christmas a week early this year since we don’t get Samantha for Christmas for the 3rd Christmas in a row. But it is not about the day it is about the family so we celebrate it when we can. Samantha, Grayson and I made reindeer food at 11:45 on Friday night. We bundled up and went outside and fed Santa’s 9 reindeer. It is a neat tradition we do every year. And we stayed up until 2 a.m. visiting with each other. Mom and I were up until 3 getting Santa out for the kids. 2 families sponsored my children for Christmas. The Lord truly blessed us this year. Praise the Lord for His gracious mercy and abundance of blessings.
Saturday, we had rehearsals for Choir and Drama. I made the kids wait this year to open presents, which is not our normal routine. They were not too happy about it especially Samantha. But we had pizza since it was easy after having the rehearsals; we are going to have our big dinner during the few days that I get Samantha in a row. I should have Samantha Dec. 28th – Jan. 2nd. Around 6 we sat around and read the Christmas story and talked about what Christmas was really all about. Then we opened our gifts. It was wonderful. I had the children cuddled up to me on the couch. Oh… how I have missed having them both here. Listening to the Word of God being read by my daddy; sitting on the couch with my two beautiful children was such a blessing. Then we opened our gifts. It was a wonderful evening.
While I was tucking the children in for bed we had a pillow fight. It was so pleasurable… 2 against 1 is not very fair but I tickled both Grayson and Samantha and it really made it better since they are both extremely ticklish. J Yes, I fight dirty… heheh… we had so much fun playing with each other and laughing and having a good time. They tried to smother me and by sitting on a pillow on my head. But I have long arms and legs… I am much stronger than I look plus, the adrenaline rush makes me stronger. I like to win. I put up a good fight. We all had a blast. I think I was the only one that got injured since Grayson’s head cracked me in the cheekbone OUCH… felt like when someone slaps you. He has a hard head. But it was funny… it is always funny when you are playing around and get hurt no matter how much it hurts… I seem to always laugh. I praise God for my laughter and my light hearted spirit. I truly understand what it means when the Bible says that the joy of our Lord is our strength. He living inside me brings me all my joy. I love having my children here. Their laughter is so special. Therapeutic for me; makes me realize that I am fighting for them to be together again. It has given me strength, but also this overwhelming compassion and tenderness that I lost for quite a while. I felt like I was becoming a robot… just going through the motions. Tucking away all the hurt and pain, trying my best to allow God to work and not have me muck everything up. It is hard waiting on the Lord but I see now more clearly He has showed me a glimpse of what He has been working on for the past few years. So, I have put my faith in Him when I could not see what is going on and I can begin to see the benefits of trusting in Him. It is an awesome experience. The clarity is wonderful.
On Sunday we had our Christmas program that mom and I have been diligently working on for several weeks. Mom on the drama portion with the children and I on my music with the rest of my small choir. My mom’s children’s play was very cute… the children were sheep, donkeys, goats, a star, and we had angels, 3 Kings, Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus and overzealous Lion. It came together beautifully the children and adults did superb for their very first drama. I hope mom is able to do more in this church since that is her calling and passion.
Our music was beautiful, I loved the music. We sang most of the musical There Is A Savior and did the dialog. I have been fighting a bronchial infection for a very long time. I think the stress has allowed it to linger. I was not sure how I was going to do on my solo. But the Lord brought me through it, it was not perfect but I made it and I praised Him while I did it. I have not sung a solo in over 10 years. So, that was a bit nerve racking. I love music so much; it is such a passion of mine. My daddy brought my piano up for me. I am sooo excited about that. I have not played in years. It will be fun playing around with it. My neighbor teaches piano and we are very close. I think she might help me get back on track with my music, if I asked her. She has become a wonderful friend to my mother and me. God is wonderful when He sends us special friends that are also in His family.
Samantha turned 6 on December 26th I can’t believe that my baby is now 6 years old. We celebrated Grayson, Samantha and my birthday all together. Grayson always gets bummed out since we celebrate Samantha’s but he is in Florida when his birthday comes in February so I decided to just lump us all together. It seemed the most logical thing to do. As long as we are together it doesn’t matter what day it is. Family is incredibly important to me. The past 2 weeks have been amazing having everyone here. We all got the flu and have been battling fever, sinus infections; I have had a migraine headache for the past 4 days which I can’t seem to kick. The devil is really attacking me right now. Depression has set in and I am having a hard time getting rid of it. It has been a long time since I have had to really deal with depression. I am just so tired and weak right now. Being sick for almost 3 months has really taken its toll on me. I don’t have much energy to get out of this funk that I am in. So, please pray for me to just really trust and rely on Him. There is a lot going on with me right now. I apologize for the delay in letters.
The Lord has really blessed my family with wonderful Christian friends here. We are very blessed. I have a great new Christian friend named Chrissy she is totally a blessing from the Lord. I have needed a Christian girl friend for a very long time. She and I are quickly becoming best friends. She helps keep me offline which I think is probably a good thing. I got very discouraged recently being online dealing with people claiming to be Christians and not really acting as such. I guess because I treat everyone the same all the time I just don’t understand why people can’t be honest. I guess that is why people right in front of you are better than people online at times, not as easily deceived when you are looking at them in their eyes. But the Lord gave me a big heart and gave me the passion to help others. I am eager to see what the Lord is going to do with my family in the New Year.
I am also anxious about what the Lord is going to do in your own life in this New Year. Do you have any New Years Resolutions?
May the Lord bless you abundantly in this New Year,
Faithful Destiny
We celebrated Christmas a week early this year since we don’t get Samantha for Christmas for the 3rd Christmas in a row. But it is not about the day it is about the family so we celebrate it when we can. Samantha, Grayson and I made reindeer food at 11:45 on Friday night. We bundled up and went outside and fed Santa’s 9 reindeer. It is a neat tradition we do every year. And we stayed up until 2 a.m. visiting with each other. Mom and I were up until 3 getting Santa out for the kids. 2 families sponsored my children for Christmas. The Lord truly blessed us this year. Praise the Lord for His gracious mercy and abundance of blessings.
Saturday, we had rehearsals for Choir and Drama. I made the kids wait this year to open presents, which is not our normal routine. They were not too happy about it especially Samantha. But we had pizza since it was easy after having the rehearsals; we are going to have our big dinner during the few days that I get Samantha in a row. I should have Samantha Dec. 28th – Jan. 2nd. Around 6 we sat around and read the Christmas story and talked about what Christmas was really all about. Then we opened our gifts. It was wonderful. I had the children cuddled up to me on the couch. Oh… how I have missed having them both here. Listening to the Word of God being read by my daddy; sitting on the couch with my two beautiful children was such a blessing. Then we opened our gifts. It was a wonderful evening.
While I was tucking the children in for bed we had a pillow fight. It was so pleasurable… 2 against 1 is not very fair but I tickled both Grayson and Samantha and it really made it better since they are both extremely ticklish. J Yes, I fight dirty… heheh… we had so much fun playing with each other and laughing and having a good time. They tried to smother me and by sitting on a pillow on my head. But I have long arms and legs… I am much stronger than I look plus, the adrenaline rush makes me stronger. I like to win. I put up a good fight. We all had a blast. I think I was the only one that got injured since Grayson’s head cracked me in the cheekbone OUCH… felt like when someone slaps you. He has a hard head. But it was funny… it is always funny when you are playing around and get hurt no matter how much it hurts… I seem to always laugh. I praise God for my laughter and my light hearted spirit. I truly understand what it means when the Bible says that the joy of our Lord is our strength. He living inside me brings me all my joy. I love having my children here. Their laughter is so special. Therapeutic for me; makes me realize that I am fighting for them to be together again. It has given me strength, but also this overwhelming compassion and tenderness that I lost for quite a while. I felt like I was becoming a robot… just going through the motions. Tucking away all the hurt and pain, trying my best to allow God to work and not have me muck everything up. It is hard waiting on the Lord but I see now more clearly He has showed me a glimpse of what He has been working on for the past few years. So, I have put my faith in Him when I could not see what is going on and I can begin to see the benefits of trusting in Him. It is an awesome experience. The clarity is wonderful.
On Sunday we had our Christmas program that mom and I have been diligently working on for several weeks. Mom on the drama portion with the children and I on my music with the rest of my small choir. My mom’s children’s play was very cute… the children were sheep, donkeys, goats, a star, and we had angels, 3 Kings, Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus and overzealous Lion. It came together beautifully the children and adults did superb for their very first drama. I hope mom is able to do more in this church since that is her calling and passion.
Our music was beautiful, I loved the music. We sang most of the musical There Is A Savior and did the dialog. I have been fighting a bronchial infection for a very long time. I think the stress has allowed it to linger. I was not sure how I was going to do on my solo. But the Lord brought me through it, it was not perfect but I made it and I praised Him while I did it. I have not sung a solo in over 10 years. So, that was a bit nerve racking. I love music so much; it is such a passion of mine. My daddy brought my piano up for me. I am sooo excited about that. I have not played in years. It will be fun playing around with it. My neighbor teaches piano and we are very close. I think she might help me get back on track with my music, if I asked her. She has become a wonderful friend to my mother and me. God is wonderful when He sends us special friends that are also in His family.
Samantha turned 6 on December 26th I can’t believe that my baby is now 6 years old. We celebrated Grayson, Samantha and my birthday all together. Grayson always gets bummed out since we celebrate Samantha’s but he is in Florida when his birthday comes in February so I decided to just lump us all together. It seemed the most logical thing to do. As long as we are together it doesn’t matter what day it is. Family is incredibly important to me. The past 2 weeks have been amazing having everyone here. We all got the flu and have been battling fever, sinus infections; I have had a migraine headache for the past 4 days which I can’t seem to kick. The devil is really attacking me right now. Depression has set in and I am having a hard time getting rid of it. It has been a long time since I have had to really deal with depression. I am just so tired and weak right now. Being sick for almost 3 months has really taken its toll on me. I don’t have much energy to get out of this funk that I am in. So, please pray for me to just really trust and rely on Him. There is a lot going on with me right now. I apologize for the delay in letters.
The Lord has really blessed my family with wonderful Christian friends here. We are very blessed. I have a great new Christian friend named Chrissy she is totally a blessing from the Lord. I have needed a Christian girl friend for a very long time. She and I are quickly becoming best friends. She helps keep me offline which I think is probably a good thing. I got very discouraged recently being online dealing with people claiming to be Christians and not really acting as such. I guess because I treat everyone the same all the time I just don’t understand why people can’t be honest. I guess that is why people right in front of you are better than people online at times, not as easily deceived when you are looking at them in their eyes. But the Lord gave me a big heart and gave me the passion to help others. I am eager to see what the Lord is going to do with my family in the New Year.
I am also anxious about what the Lord is going to do in your own life in this New Year. Do you have any New Years Resolutions?
May the Lord bless you abundantly in this New Year,
Faithful Destiny
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