Connor has teeth!!!

What is new on the Gibbs front.  Let me tell you.

Well Kassia is stressing about grades.  I try to be there for her.  She is the type that does not like empty pats on the back.  If you do not have a constructive solution to how she can make an A in the class, then she does not want to hear it. 

My father's birthday was this Tuesday.  When we gave the phone to Amelia and told her to wish her grandfather a happy birthday, she broke into song.  It made me smile. 

Connor has two teeth in his mouth.  He enjoys hearing mommy say 'Ow. Stop biting.'  Now that he has the teeth he thinks he can pull up on things and try to walk. 

HOLD ON WE JUST STARTED CRAWLING!!!  

It is an adventure.

My Biggest Fear

Have you ever thought about your biggest fear? Now that I have accepted that I have MS I have examined my life. I thought about my biggest fear. My biggest fear is not losing my ability to walk or to write. I can get a wheel chair. I can get voice recognition software. (Did you see the x-box kinect you control with your voice.) There are many ways around most of the things that can happen to me.

The only real fear that I have is forgetting my kids. I do not mean driving away from a store and not having one of them in the car. That would be bad but not what I mean.

I mean having no memory of the people that make me laugh every day.

I decided to make this blog not only some place to write down my crazy thoughts. I am making it a place where I can record all of their silly antics.

Let me introduce my kids to you. There is Kassia. Kassia takes no nonsense from anyone. You would think she gets in trouble alot. She actually does not. Everyone seems to know that she is pure of heart. She sees something and she tells it like it is. Amelia is a person who enjoys making others happy. She does this by helping when she can or by making someone smile or laugh. Connor so far is ready with a smile but he does not like to wait for people. Patience is something all of my children have but they prefer not to wait.

I am going to record as much as I can because I do like participating in the fun.

I hope I can afford to get my computer fixed soon. One finger typing is no fun.

Why are all movies going to 3D?

What is up with the trend of movies going to 3D?

I know that movie companies are trying to get people in the seats.  Harold and Kumar in 3D seems to have taken it too far. 

3D gives me a headache.  I never see things coming at me.  I do not know why.  It is lost on me.  I am so happy that it looks like the Muppet movie that is coming out is not in 3D.  I would prefer that they come out with more entertaining movies.  I really would prefer not seeing an awful movie in 3D. 

Faith

As I sit here I think about what was said to me in the past couple of years about God and Hope. 

Claim it and God will deliver it. 
Live in expectancy and you will receive God's blessing. 
Never lose hope because if you do then you do not have faith. 
Listen to others.
This and many other things makes perfect sense.  Somethings are more difficult to do than others.

Then there is something that one person said to me.  God has a plan for us.  He sets it in motion and there is no changing that plan.  This makes sense to me too.  God does have a plan.  I do believe it can be changed.  That is the only part I am not in agreement with.

I like taking bits and pieces of everything I have learned.  I think that the steps we take dictate if we reach the good outcome of the plan.  I believe God answers all prayers.  There are three possible answers.  NO, YES, LATER We may not like the answer we receive but that is where our faith comes into play.  We or I have to understand that everything happens for a reason.  I may not understand the reason right then but it will be made clear to me when the time is right.

OOOXXXX

I learned that the Romans used to hug each other when they greeted each other.  They didn't shake hands because they did not trust each other.  If you shook someone's hand then that would leave you vulnerable for attack. 

Boy have times changed!

If you hug someone now people get all offended.  Or like my daughters' say, "Personal Space!!!" 

My first day on a job one time my co-worker introduced himself and then hugged me.  The wierd thing was that I only hesitated for a second before I hugged him back.

Would we have wars and not trust each other if we put down the walls and hugged. 

Who am I kidding?  We would still have wars because it is human nature to be distrustful of each other. 

If we are all God's children what is wrong with acting like loving brothers and sisters.  I know that there is sibling rivalry.  One child has to get DAD's attention more than the other to feel good about themselves.  It is sad that sometimes a child feels they have to do anything bad or good to get attention.

I try my best not to make snap judgements about people because I know we all do things to gain attention.  I wait to see if the real person will eventually come out.  Some people put their best foot forward but they are not the greatest people inside.  Some people do awful things to get attention but they are the best people inside. 

WOW!  I really got on a soap box with this one. 

Well back to my initial point --> hugs.  What if we greeted people we met for the first time with hugs instead of keeping them at arms length with a handshake.  Do you think the world would change?

For Colored Girls

If you ever saw the movie or had girls of your own.  You understand the importance of raising strong women.  The movie was excellent.  The two hour movie flew by and did not feel like two hours.