Karma is a fickle bitch

As Karma would have it I was raised in a neighborhood with lots of kids always running about, staying out late catching fireflies all summer  A neighborhood much like the fictional sesame street where everyone knew you and your parents,where you were safe and looked out for by all the neighborhood moms, a place where you could take a shortcut through the neighbors yard because you were being chased by a scary dog , were you could play freeze tag throughout the whole neighborhood.  My Mamaw  and Papaw's  neighborhood was the same way we had free reign to run up and down the road, climb the neighbors tree because after all it was the best one for climbing. When baby bird was born my papaw asked a favor of  baby bird and I, to live and look after my mamaw if anything were to happen to him, we kept that promise when he passed away and not long after we moved in. Baby bird soon became mamaw's sidekick and the mini Mr. Rogers of the neighborhood who made it a point ...

As Karma would have it I am not a bragging type of person ........ But as Fathers Day will be upon us soon I have to share this shout out/ Love Letter To My HUBS. For even though he is not my father HE is the FATHER of my children and to many, many others he is their strong father type,figure and mentor. When I meet  hubs  it was after many years of mental,physical and sexual abuse from violent boyfriends so I was quiet reluctant to even open my heart to anyone but there was something about his easy going gentle nature that drew me in. I was ever cautious of most men/boys due to all the baggage I seem to carry plus I had a young daughter (baby bird) to protect as well. Hubs was  patient and most of all he tolerated baby bird on her most awful bratty days when for spite she once bite him , and even spit on him. He won her over with kindness,patient,hair bows and donuts. He never thought twice about raising someone else's daughter. There  is a lot that can be sai...

As Karma would have it I am about to drop the mic, on this subject once and for all I have held it in long enough. As Karma would have it I have long since struggled with the reality that I am for all intents and purposes a feminist. For those of you not familiar with this term according to Webster's it is defined as: The Belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.  And as a feminist that comes from a family where the majority are women, we just welcomed our 14th girl into this family for those of you that are keeping count. I just want to say this, as ALL my girls go out into the world my prayer for them is simple for them to meet someone who will treat them as an equal. My hope for them is that they will be strong and independent, that they will not wait for the knight in shinning armor to come and rescue them while it does not mean that we don't need a helping hand every once in a while. It simply means that we have enough smarts to know ho...

Someone once said that it takes a Village to raise a child. this quote I know to be true. For growing up my children had in essence a village that included my two sisters, our parents, my husband and I along with a total of 8 kids. The kids often thought more of each other as siblings instead of as cousins.  It did not matter which one of us villager when to pick up the children from school the teachers always knew to send out All  the kids that lived in our little village. i did the feeding of the children, my sister Kelly did the cleaning and bathing of the children and our sister Carolyn helped the kids with homework.  We all worked as a team in the raising of the children when one of us needed a break we knew that we could count on the other to pick up the slack in our busy kid filled life. it was not always peaceful nor did we always get along. But at the end of the day we always came together to sit at the dinner table and share with each other how our day went...