I still have a long way to go in raising my children to be the successful adults I want them to be in the future, will be starting a new job soon as a private home health aid, and am hoping that someday my husband will join myself and my daughters in our christian faith.

Too much to post. Where do I begin...kidnapped at age 3 for about a week by my own father, I beat up a guy on the wrestling team in high school cause he hit me first and then all the guys were afraid of me so never dated anyone from my own school, won tickets to an amusement park for being the top person in our fund raising goal ifor charity in 8th grade, took CNA training in high school, went to college for two years for human services, Got married, worked as a nanny, day provider, bill collector, manger, supervisor, sales rep, and day trader, took care of both of my parents when they were sick with cancer until they passed away, had back surgery, have three daughter, put a child molester in prison, and so much more. Every detail though led to who I am today and therefore I would never change any of the past as dreadful as some it was at times. I'm grateful for who I am and for my family. Would never change any of that if given the chance.

My sister talked me into playing pet society on Facebook. A 12 year old boy who is autistic sent a note to my pet. It was a marriage proposal from his pet to my pet, lol, so I played along with him. His Mom was grateful I played along since he doesn't always try to communicate with others. It's been fun pretending with him. Our pets dated for a few months first. He sent love notes and virtual gifts and I would send them back to him. The actual wedding was yesterday. I changed my pet's name from Sandy to Mrs. Nick G. just for him. His Mom is a friend of my sister's and I didn't know when I first received the proposal that he was autistic. I might have the opportunity to meet them in person later this month as they are coming near my home town for a visit so I'm very excited about that. Because of the virtual wedding. I'm been playing on there a lot more than normal. Growing virtual flowers in my virtual garden for the wedding, sending wedding gifts to my new hubby, visiting friends on a regular basis to earn more coins to buy wedding dress, etc. Just too cute. He's a sweet kid and it's been fun watching him grow and bloom through this game.

I am the happiest when helping other people whether it be family, friends, or strangers. Helping other people gives you an undescribable reward in return. If you've never helped a stranger in need, I highly reccomend it to anyone. Give it a try.

The beginning, the middle and the end.
Beginning: I face new and exciting challenges each day, always learning something new. I'm preparing to have my first book published and also to start a new job.
Middle: I'm in the middle of raising my children. The oldest is 14 and the youngest is 5. I've been a Mom for 14 years and have about another 14 to go before my children will all become grown adults; although being a Mom is a never ending job once you begin.
The end: I'm at the end of a few roads such as being the stay at home Mom, but when one door closes another opens. One ending is just a new beginning and the cycle begins all over again.

You ever get an idea that's so good but so naughty at the same time? I must confess I've been very bad today...but I just couldn't help myself. I know I should not have done this, but I tried match up an old family friend with my step-Dad today...My family wants so badly for him to be rid of this woman who has been his companion for the last couple of years (since my Mom passed away) to move on with her life and stop taking advantage of him. He'll never kick her out cause he's such a nice guy and feels sorry for her. She's an alcolholic and gets very mean. My family and I sincerely believe that she is just using him for his money. He's such a nice and wonderful guy...he deserves so much better. This family friend sells Avon. I tried to get her to add him to her Avon route and told her to stop between certain hours cause this other woman wouldn't be home then :o) I even offered to take care of her mom on date nights if they hit it off and want to spend mor time together. I told her if she didn't like this this idea...does she have any nice single friends? I know it's not my business who he hangs out with and I shouldn't meddle. He's such a wonderful person though and deserves so much more. I know if he had strong feeling for a nice woman he'd feel he had no choice but to kick her out. My whole family has been wishing for a change for so long ...What would you do?

Wow, That's a tough one! There are so many problems out there in the world how do you choose? I wish I could fix them all.

Our local relay for life is this week. I wish to double what we raised last year for the American Cancer Society. I wish for a clear sky so the relay will go as smooth as possible. I wish for my oldest daughter to be safe on her trip to Washington DC and that she might get the opportunity to meet the president on her tour of the white house.

I do many things on a regular basis, however, this week is our local Relay For Life. It's a fun way to raise money for the American Cancer Society. I am a team captain and also on the planning committee. My team is called Unity. Our motto is "United we stand, or in this case, walk against cancer. The money raised through the relay is used for researching new and improved treatments, looking for possible cures, funding a 24 hot line that cancer patients can call to receive information or support on any type of cancer at any time, to build hope lodges for patients and their families to stay in free of charge while receiving treatments, and this year they even gave my step-Dad money for gas to travel back and forth for daily radiation treatments when gas more than $4 a gallon. He lives an hour from the hospital and is on fixed income so it was a really big help.

I work on the relay all year long. I write sponsor letters to request donations and prizes. I recruit teams and team members. I attend many planning committee meetings and team captain's meetings.

This week, with only a few more days left before the relay, I am going to be extra busy. The theme this year is race for a cure. I am helping my kids build race cars out of car board boxes for the race car lap/contest. I am putting all the donated prizes together to make gift baskets, packages, and mystery boxes. These prizes will be used for our game at the relay. We are playing Deal or no deal. People can donate to our team for a chance to be a contestant in our game. Our cases are brown paper bags with index cards inside them. Each card has a prize written on it. Our million dollar prizes are a spa basket (many spa items including a gift certificate for a 30 minute massage), a nascar package (many items including a gift certificate for the online nascar store), and a pool party package (a swimming pool with a built in sprinkler and pool toys). Then the prizes get smaller all the way down to our penny prizes (travel pack of tissues in case you cry if you win it).

This week I will also be busy packing and setting up supplies and tents. I will be helping with a snack bar. I will be lighting candles and decorating luminaria bags. I will be doing lots of walking (last year I walked for 6 hours) and hopefully raising lots of money. Many people bring tents and sleep part of the night. I bring tents for my team but stay awake all night. We only relay once a year so one night without sleep is a small price to pay for fighting cancer.

Donations to my team may be made anytime throughout the year, but the majority of the fund raising is usually done at the actual event.  Relays are held all over the United States. You can find your own local relay to create a team or join a team at www.relayforlife.org. Just click on find event and enter your zip code to find a relay near you. Last year my little country town raised over $30,000 and we are hoping to double that this year as we have recruited double the number or teams.

That depends. Where are you right now? And where are you going?