The Beginning

Well, here we are.....The start of something new! I guess I will share my short version life story and a small description of myself so you can get an idea of whether you want to spend your time reading the detailed stories following (Ha!). I was born in Texas and lived here all of my life so far. I was a not so typical homeschooled girl. Not sheltered or naive but definitely weird in my own unique way. I never wanted to be like anyone else or fit in with any crowd. For example, when black was the best color I would go for yellow, when everyone was watching the latest new release VHS I had no idea it even existed. I rebelled in every way possible in every situation. I was that girl that hated other girls and only had guy friends. Believe me there are some stories here too but we will come back to that later. I was a daddy's girl in every way. I went hunting with him, fishing, mudding, whatever he did I was doing too. My mom was the greatest example of a home-maker I've ever seen and I ran from that faster than mascara runs on this pentecostal face! I never had any desire to be a wife or a mom. (However now I look back and think I hope I'm just half the mom and wife she was and still is). On my 13th birthday my career goal was to be a truck driver and a lone traveler. I would never have to cook or clean or take care of anyone but myself. Doesn't that sound just divine? Well, God had other plans so mine didn't work out very well. I got the chance to be a mom at 17, married at 20 and now 13 years later my life is in a place I never thought I'd live to see and it is the greatest thing ever! I'm going to be adding some stories from my childhood adventures, my walk with Jesus, my lessons in learning to be a wife, my role as a youth pastor, worship leader and foster mom. I hope you can find at least one that helps. If anything you can see my motto from my child-teenhood "if you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" and think Man, At least it's not that bad! I can say through all of the experiences that God has completely redeemed the time and shown me how my stories of warnings and experience can help someone else. It may just be you need a laugh or a good cry! Either way, prayers have poured over these words to be a blessing! Ta-Ta for now!