2012 vote

And the phone calls start for "who will you be voting for" in November.

As a registered voter, there is a lot to listen to, and sort thru. I really like politics, but sometimes, I want to run and hide from it for a break.

It is only going to heat up from here until November.

I encourage everyone to vote, but please vote responsibly. Know the issues. research your candidate, and vote for the issues, not just the party.

fund raising

Well, we are in the throws of fund raising for our youth trip this summer to Tennesee We go ever 3 years taking anywhere from 12 to 60 kids, grades 9-12. It is a relly fun trip, but wow, the bus trip to get there is 27 hours one way!!!

We have several different fund rasing plans, taco in a bag, Italian dinner night, pick an envelope, in honor/memory spring flowers, bagging groceries, car wash, and maybe selling pizzas. It is going to be a really busy time leading up to us going.

I'll let you know how it goes :)

heavy heart

Heaviness and sadness is permeating my heart today. As you may know, I am a youth coach at church and work with our Youth Pastor. Well, his wife was 9 months pregnant with their first baby, over due, anxiously awaiting baby Maggie.

Miss Bee went in to be induced, and it resulted in an emergency c-section, and through that the baby was lost. Baby Maggie is not resting with her creator, Jesus.

My heart aches for JC and Bee and they grieve their loss.

How do you move on? How does the world ever look normal again? When do you ever sotp the crying and questioning?

Love, peace, and comfort for my friends...JC and Miss Bee

College Kids

Having two college kids is a wonderful, crazy, and terrifying time in my life. I love to thnk of what lays before them, the opportunities, the fun and the challenges.

It is a completely crazy time when they stay up/out until 4-5 am sleep until 2-3 and start all over again. It make me wonder how they manage it, we all know theat we never did that, right?

It is also terrifying to a mom to watch them go to college to earn their degrees and watch our current economy and unemployment rates and think if they will be in that count after college. It can be a scary time when they are putting so much into a degree right now.

But most of all it is wonderful to see the great young men they are becoming. Hearing their hopes and dreams. Watching them plan and prepare for things they want to do.

all in all, college kids are fun to have around, and I don't like it when their break ends and school is calling them back.

happy new year

May 2012 bring you more good than bad, more happy than sad, more love than hurt and more blessings AND love!