We just celebrated JD's 3rd birthday this past weekend. Stephanie had a cowboy themed party and he was absolutely the cutest thing you have ever seen. If you know JD you know he has a personality that has no match. He is one character. Well, dressed up in his western duds just added to the already dramatic and precious JD. I laughed so hard watching him have a blast feeding goats and donkeys. He would call them over saying, "here goatie, goatie, goatie." Then he would walk down to the donkeys to feed them saying, "here donkey, donkey, donkey." Everytime the animals ate out of his hand he laughed hysterically. EVERYTIME!!! He is so funny. His PaTim and I enoyed every minute of it. Of course his precious little sister, MacKenzie looked absolutely beautiful!!!
Life is good right now. I feel so blessed to be married to the most wonderful man in the world. He is so good to me and we both know we are so blessed to have found our soul mates and best friends even if it took many years. I fall more and more in love with that man every second of every day. I am in such a mood right now. I am reminded so much how precious life is. I am reminded to never take it for granted. The Lord gives us each and every day as a precious gift and I think we all get so caught up in life that we forget that.
One of Stephanie's high school friends (previous blog pray for coy) and her husband are living each and every day like it is a gift. They know how precious every second is. They don't take one second they have with that precious little Coy for granted. They praise God through each and every bit of it for the gift they have been given. I am just seeing things around me constantly about precious life.
We are never promised tomorrow but I think we loose sight of that. We put off today things that should be done. We put off telling the people we love how much they mean to us. We think that we'll have the time to do that later. What if we don't?????
I am going to be 45 this April. I didn't find my soul mate until a few years ago and I hope and pray the Lord gives us many, many years together. I want to grow old with that handsome man and sit next to each other rocking on our front porch and laughing our heads off.
I lived many years very lonely and unhappy. Besides my kids and relationship with the Lord I was lonely. I lived many years searching for happiness. I made so many mistakes. Screwed up big time over and over. I finally came to a point that I thought I was living what I deserved.
Today, past guilt and condemnation I am happy. The Lord has given me more than I could ever have asked for. I only dreamed of a love like Tim. I only dreamed that a relationship could be like the one we have. I only dreamed that someone would literally treasure you as you treasure them. Today, I live it. I only dreamed that you could have a hard time and love each other so much that you work through it, you talk it out. You deal with the stuff. You don't sweep it under the carpet until it gets so big that you trip over it hard. And dealing with stuff only makes you stronger. Makes the love that more stronger....................strong where it can't be broken.
I have kids that are incredible. I don't know if they know yet how much I love them. Well, maybe Steph has an idea since she is now a mother. It is incredible love. Then, there are grandkids. JD and Kenzie are life. They are treasures. They are my heritage. Me, when I am long gone. I pray I leave them one they are proud of.
Well, in all my rambling I feel good but tears stream down my face as I think about my family. I can only thank the Lord, and praise Him for giving more than I could have ever dreamed of. He is so much better than He has to be!!!!
Make sure you hug your sweetie today. Tell your kids they are special. Tell someone you care. Do something selfless. Play hard. Laugh LOUDLY. LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST LIKE IT IS YOUR LAST DAY!
