Pequenopie “Little Feet”

Sisters and siblings sure are special to each and every one of us, they listen to us most of the time and are there in everyday life. I know my two sisters and brother, are very important to me in my life, when times are tough or just on a daily basis they are always there for me. I am so blessed to have such a close relationship to each one of them, and it feels more than a sibling relationship, it’s a friendship.

Tiffany and I have become more than friends we both feel like we are like sisters, raising our two girls, who are sisters. It’s amazing how many girls we have together, her 2 girls and my 4 and we call them all sisters. It’s so funny to see Abby and Gabby together and seeing a lot of the same characterics. Even though these two girls aren’t being raised in the same family on a daily basis, they are siblings, they are from the same family, sisters. They both love dancing and music and the video shows it.

 Michael and I went out last night for our 24th Anniversary and it was so nice to have some hubby and wife time. All of our girls and Dustin watched Abby and had a great time. They got Abby so excited that she had a hard time going down for bed. Usually mommy puts her down every night and we have our little pattern of giving her a bottle, giving and getting kisses and mommy puts her down. Hard for a little one when these things change. I always get her babies in the crib with her, after I try and get a kiss and then I lay her down, put her musical bear on and say love you pumpkin.

 I also want to speak on a subject that is very difficult for me to put in words. Michael not only plays music at our church but also plays in a blues band, with two other great guys. He had quit this band a few years ago, when he felt like people at our church, thought it was wrong. We both fell into this whole mindset and were working with someone else’s ministry, that our children and family were missing us. We hurt some of these people who were the closest to us. Our girls were upset that we were too involved and almost every night we were gone. The people you go to church with are not your family, in fact we found out when we left, that most of them are not our friends. Most are just acquaintances, which is fine but at the time I thought they were always going to be in our lives. I think part of this happening was because when we lived at our first home, the neighborhood was a community, everyone knew everyone. Then when we moved we no longer had community. 

Most women today are working out of their home, so there are not many women around for us homemakers. I had gone from knowing everyone to hardly anyone, it was lonely. I wanted to feel a part of a community and we found that in our church. But as we became more and more involved we let wrong thinking slip in, that this ministry work was more important. Just this week someone asked Michael why is he playing blues and not Christian music. I believe that Jesus is in us, that everything we touch, he is a part of.

Michael was made by God with a gift and he uses it both in his church and in his band. Music is where he is able to share himself, where God had given him an outlet and he is happiest when he’s playing. At church and his band, he is the same, he loves playing and if you ever have heard or seen him then you know what I am saying. I also believe my hands everyday are an extension of my love and belief in God, to take care of my home,  love on my children and husband, needlepoint, and do what I do, are all an expression of my love for God and my belief in him. It’s not about sitting in a pew or just playing Christian music.

 Does anyone know what is really in a person’s heart, no. I really don’t understand why people judge others and think they have all the answers. No one was asking for an opinion on a man who has lived for a few years now. Who provides for his family, loves his wife, God and his family. I thought it was about loving your neighbor, we try to do this everyday. I wish people would worry about their own backyard and stop worrying about other people, who end up feeling confused and hurt by these actions. I don’t presume to judge another life and say anything about what they are doing or not.

 “For the director of music. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.” Psalm 19:1-2

More to come later!