Well let's catch up, shall we?
It is now May 2014 and I haven't written since January. Mostly because I haven't had time and when I have I have spent it trying to catch up on rest or helping my other families.
Well over the last few months life hasn't been great. It's been interesting and non stop drama/laughter/crying/sleep deprivation...etc.
So, where do I start? I guess we'll go with after Dee's party. It went so well. We had a blast. She was so thrilled about having the all girl party and that it was almost an English tea party. It was so cute.
Then February came and Valentine's Day. Wow. I have 3 kids that got quite upset that Mum and Dad only do the cards and gifts for eachother. I understand that most parents give their kids gifts and cards on Valentine's Day, but my hubby and I don't. It's one of the two days of the year that we use to celebrate our love. When the kids got home from school they were all loaded down with so many cards and little gifts from friends and classmates, that they actually said they were sorry for getting upset with us. It was cute.
March we had Spring Break. This was the first year my hubby got all 10 days off. We had so many plans to have day trips to do so many fun things together. Unfortunately our oldest decided that this was when he was going to go off the rails and destroy the holiday time. (When I say 'decided' I mean 'decided'. He openly admitted this was when he chose to let it all out.) The benefit of his actions was that after 5 years of begging for help, his actions finally got the medical community to listen to us. So now, we're waiting for the promised treatment to come to fruition. We're still waiting.
April rolled around and we had Easter. It was lovely. We had our typical easter egg hunt and watched the kids doing their hunt. It's always so fun to watch them race around laughing and playing together without any fuss.
Here we are in May. A couple of weeks ago I decided to make a commitment I'd been contemplating long and hard for a few years. My sister had called me one afternoon and was telling me about a show she was watching and that a lady on the show was trying to figure out how to save money on her child's wedding. So she went online and got ordained as a minister. She saved a buck on the clergy. So my sister said she'd been looking online to see if someone in our family could do the same thing, but it turns out it's only legal in the USA. It was me she wanted to do it because her son, my nephew is getting married next summer and she thought it would be cool if I could marry them. I liked the idea. So I went to work researching to see if I could find a way to do this for them. I did. Like I said this is something I had been contemplating for a few years. I found 2 churches that ordain ministers online. And you then have the credentials to marry, bury and baptize. So I checked it out at length and by that evening I applied, took the oath and received my credentials as an ordained Pastor! I, like my dad, have always considered myself a lay pastor and now I can actually perform ceremonies to unite people. Doing last rites and/or funerals won't be my thing. I will do baptisms and dedications. I know only the joyful ceremonies sounds kind of hypocritical but we'll see what happens. If God calls me then I have to answer. I'm proud to say that when I asked my nephew and his fiancee for the honour of marrying them they were shocked and thought I was joking but I assured them I wasn't, and they said they would be honoured to have me officiate their wedding. I can't wait!
So, now we just cope with the issues going on at home and wait for our son to get the help he needs and then we start the work in earnest to heal the tears in our family fabric.
No one said having a family was easy or all sunshine and lollipops, but it sure is worth it. Every. Single. Second. of. Every. Single. Day!
God Bless.
