Hello!

April 7, 2013

New era.  I will actually commit to blogging, no matter how it looks, not waiting any longer for everything to be perfect.  Yay me!

I've been wanting to blog for a long time, but just couldn't seem to kick it in gear.  Then my daughter emailed me last week and she really wanted to blog with me, so I'm going to do it.  This could start a whole new blog genre - the mother/daughter blog!  We also want to include writings from my mom.  She's a hoot, you'll like her.

My daughter lives in rural Arkansas with her husband and baby girl.  She works in an accounting office in town, and her hubby takes wonderful care of the baby while she works.  They just bought their first home, and it's not quite finished.  I'll let her tell you about that.

I also have three sons.  They're not going to join us in writing the blog.  They most likely won't even read it.  Fine with me.  That way I can talk about them and they won't even know.  Ha!

So, my kids are all grown, ages 22 - 32.   After more than 30 years of marriage, I am recently divorced.  Now THAT could fill a few hundred pages, but I won't put you through that.  I live right smack in the middle of the DFW Metroplex (did you know that word was coined by a local journalist and is used only when speaking of the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area?).  My 12 year old grandson lives with me.  His dad (my oldest son) is single, and works in the oil fields of south Texas.  He works 3 weeks, then comes home for a week.  He has 2 younger sons who live nearby with their mom and stepdad.  I go pick them up almost every Saturday to spend the weekend with me.  We ALWAYS have homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Sunday.  The first boy awake gets to have the biggest cinnamon roll.  It's the law.

So if you're keeping up, I have 3 sons, 1 daughter.  And 3 grandsons, 1 granddaughter.  Generational symmetry.

I hope my writings will encourage and inspire you.  I'm just a sinner saved by grace, living the life God gives me. Nothing ever happens that isn't for our good and His glory.  I'll try to always be honest and open in what I write, sharing the blessings and lessons of life.