Saturday, August 4, 2018

Saturday, July 7, 2018

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Twelve Tribes: Cult or Community. You Decide

This video interview was done shortly after I learned about the Twelve Tribes Cult. My husband and I were looking for a messianic-type fellowship and TT was on the same page as the church we ended up becoming part of for almost a year (not a TT group though). Mark Lee is the man interviewed, and, from my understanding, he did become a member, though I'm not sure if he also moved his family there.

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Why I Will NOT Visit The Twelve Tribes Cult

A while ago, a man named Mark Lee did an interview with me in which he spoke to me about a "group" he had been visiting, that practiced communal living. This group is now known as a cult called The Twelve Tribes. He was planning to move his family to this commune and has apparently done so. He defends this group vehemently, stating that the "spankings" that they inflict on children and even infants are better than those children becoming disobedient and lawbreakers in society. Mark asked me if I have visited the cult.

This video explains my answer to that.

Monday, July 2, 2018

Belly Dancing Beginner Day 1

This is only day 1 of my learning to belly dance

Graduation Party for Amber


My youngest daughter decided NOT to go to college. "Mom," she says, "I have decided NOT to go to school around here. I want to get as far away from here as possible." "Daughter,"said I, "NO!" I didn't want her to leave all of us, her home, hometown, and all that was familiar to her.

"But Mom," said she..."I am an ADULT NOW. And I have DECIDED I am moving away and going to school and living on campus."

So, yes, Amber is leaving in August, to begin her journey in college and further into adulthood.

Congratulations, Amber! We will miss you but see you soon I'm sure. 

But, it just won't be the same as if you stayed here! Oh well, life must go on and children must grow up.



Weight Loss: And now at 196 lbs (from 217 originally)

just bein real again

Friday, June 29, 2018

What Does this Narcissist Body Language Mean?



This is from my LIVE SHOW on Facebook

I shared about common BODY LANGUAGE that the narcissist uses to abuse, control, intimidate and deceive his/her victims.



Eye rolling

Hands on Hips

Pointing

Crossing Arms

are just a few of the body languge of the abusive narcissist.

Greatest Showman A Million Dreams Cover

people sometimes won't support us going for our goals and dreams. Do it anyway. No matter if they call you CRAZY! As long as you aren't doing anything harmful or wrong, I say GO FOR IT!!

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Something to be LEARNED from EVERY Person

I work with children who have autism, behavior issues, etc. Recently, as I was helping feed one of my students, it got me thinking...not of how sad I was for this little one, not of how remarkable he was in the things he is so well able to do in spite of his challenges...no, not even of the struggle at times to communicate with this young lad. ( picture is not of this boy to protect identity)


                                                     toothless grin looks like this

I was thinking about the EXAMPLE to me he was setting!

You see, this little guy can only eat a tiny bit of food at a time because he doesn't have teeth. My husband also lacks dentia to grind foods easily. This got me thinking about my own weight loss goals.

Since people who struggle with challenges LOATHE being pitied or having everything done for them, I decided to abide by those wishes and find out the meta message being shown to me through this student.

In order to chew and swallow food, he "takes small bites."

So, I got to pondering...maybe I am BITING OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW of LIFE, and yes, of FOOD! Starting yesterday, I began cutting back on how much I was "chewing" and really LOOKING AT the AMOUNT of food I was taking in. I took one turkey hot dog and chopped it up, eating one little BITE at a time! Amazingly, I did NOT go for a second one!



I ate 1 granola bar out of the package of 2 and yes, bite by bite I ate it SLOWLY!

We have heard from diet experts to SLOW DOWN AND CHEW YOUR FOOD AND LET THE MESSAGE GET TO YOUR HEAD THAT YOU ARE FULL!  But, this little boy TAUGHT ME, SHOWED ME, DEMONSTRATED TO ME just what that LOOKS like!

Now, I will continue to APPLY and HOPEFULLY REACH MY GOAL!

Try it! And TY to that little one for just doing what he does with a huge smile and dimples on his face while he continues to show just what he is made of!

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Roseanne

Graduation Day!

It was a beautiful day yesterday!

My youngest daughter graduated!

It was an eventful day too! My daughters and I could not locate their dad...did he come to the ceremony? Did he get busy with work and forget? Was he here already? Where WAS he? We called him, texted him and tried to listen to hear him shouting as Amber walked down the aisle to her seat. Nope, no Roland yet!

The ceremony went on as planned, my daughter proudly received her well-earned diploma, and we couldnt' have been more proud of her! Still, no dad.

Finally, the ceremony ended and Roland walks up to us and explains how he picked a seat but couldn't find his daughters. He told us how he got in tons of peoples' pictures accidentally (sure) while trying to find a seat. He is quite a character sometimes! Here's that moment!

Once we all gathered to take pics near the building, my eldest daughter almost stepped on a little creature that was blending in with the dirt and nest she was sitting in, defensively guarding its inhabitants. What joined us???  Amazing to see this right in the middle of a huge, noisy crowd of people!

                           
                                                    Would YOU have been able to see her?

The day ended up being wonderful with some awesome, memorable moments and photos like these!



We capped off the special day with a trip to Golden Corral! My ex paid for me to eat which was wonderful and kind of him!

It was a fabulous time and I'm blessed that I got to be part of it!


Monday, May 28, 2018

My Life Perspective on Life's "Happenings"

Recently, while sitting in a traffic jam one day and driving home the next, I came to realize how frustrated I was becoming over something I had no control over. Traffic jams happen. Situations in general happen. Some things I have some say or control over and some things I don't and they just HAPPEN.

The Webster definition of the word "happen" is "come to pass." Life does this. It happens...comes to PASS. The operative and hopeful word is PASS. No matter what goes on in life, it passes by eventually. It's the way of things and how they were Created.

Instead of fretting over the traffic jam, the heat, the slowness of the moment in time that I found myself in, I started pondering my life. I began with when I was a baby, then I gradually considered each stage of my life and what thoughts I may have been thinking, ideas I may have learned, concerns I had, fears, hopes dreams...and

James 4:14 New King James Version (NKJV)

14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

I realized what a VAPOR life actually is! It comes and it goes and then it's done or we go on to eternity somewhere...heaven I hope!

Point is, why fret over things we have no control of? There are so many ways to spend my energy and I am choosing to NOT FRET anymore. Striving in life to have a bigger house, car, things, keep up with the Joneses...no, not for me. Not anymore. It's just not how I want to live my life...worried, in competition and always feeling like there is more I MUST HAVE TO BE COMPLETE. No thank you. I think I will just enjoy the journey and feel blessed that I get to be on one!