Christmas kindness

This week has been a week of learning kindness does happen. A local church donated gifts to my kids, myself, and my husband. Online friends, family, and school friends sent gifts too. I really have been overwhelmed by acts of kindness this Christmas season. I truly am blessed and can't believe the outpouring of support. This Christmas was going to be cancelled, we didn't have any money to buy gifts for the kids. My hubby only has been back to work for a week and we needed to pay rent and my truck payments that were past due. We were very sad and disheartened that our kids would suffer. But then suddenly I posted on Freecycle, does anyone know of anyone to help out for Christmas. A lady emailed me, ask me for a list from my kids, then text me to say, we will be giving your kids Christmas, then the knock on the door, Christmas was here. Then all week, I keep getting stuff in the mail, via UPS, via Fed Ex. Christmas is happening and the kids are so happy. Thank you to all my special angels who helped me this year. Merry Christmas.

Getting started

Well I am going to give this blogging thing a try, I always seem to have a lot to say and never seem to write it down. I guess this will by my opportunity. Mom of 6, daycare provider, married, clean freak, obsessive compulsive mom, and always wishing for better. Somethings I have been told by my own kids and others. Am I happy? am I satisfied with my life? do I wish I had better? I am happy and unhappy, I am sometimes satisfied, and of course I want better. Who doesn't? I would be a liar if I said no, I don't want better, or don't want more. Would I change my life if I could, that's a hard one. But if I changed it, then I wouldn't have my kids I have and learned the things I have learned. My life is far from perfect and I am still learning about parenting after 21 years of experience. I am down to earth, for the most part, level headed. I try to do the right thing and make mistakes along the way. I have 6 kids, 4 different fathers, on 3rd marriage. Does that make me a bad person? No!! I just don't put up with BS or stay in an unhappy relationship because we had children together. I hear the question, Why so many children? Why did you start all over again? Easy, I love my husband and we wanted children together. I had my tubes untied and had 2 beautiful babies with my husband. We have had our share of troubles, bumps in the road, and hardship. We haven't killed each other yet. We love each other and struggle to keep our big family a float. Well that's it for now, I am sure I will have more rambling to come. Welcome to my insanity, any question????