This is my first blog and I just thought I would share my profile that I wrote. I thought it would be a great start for a first entry.
I grew up in Dallas, TX and had a pretty good life...I would say I lived in a nice bubble...good friends, great family & pretty much didn't want for alot.
I married young, at 20 and very soon the first baby came along! My son Blake was born in 1985 and was the joy of so many. He was adord by grandparents, friends and most of all me! What a happy soul he was...very curious and such a "boy". He still is my baby at 22! There is nothing better for me than being enveloped in those big arms of his when one of those "blake hugs" come along and he says "I love you mom!"
Second baby finally arrives after 4 1/2 years of waiting. The blond curly headed Caty arrives with the serious look on her face. She is the "girly girl" any mom wishes for. Dress her up, take her out and people stop me and say "she is so pretty - just like a barbie doll with all that hair" And at 17 today, her hair still is her crowning glory although she wears it in the straight style. She is beautiful, articulate, brilliant and decently moral. I am so proud of her and her stands that she takes. I look forward to being her mom all the rest of my days.
Surprise another baby arrives quickly - just 11 1/2 months later! My "gift of God" Matthew is here! He is attached to his daddy but so loving and special that "mashew" makes it complete. Matthew is brilliant, a doer and INDEPENDANT! Remember the first day of kindergarten him telling me "you don't have to take me in - I can do it myself". An indenpendant thinker and very much a planner...he is more like his mom than the rest! We have a special relationship that is very different from the other two. Matthew is going to go out and do something with his life and I can't wait to see the end result!
Four years go by - and the marriage isn't working out. Too many varibles in its demise and it doesn't do anything positive to point fingers. As one door closes another quickly opens and I start my second relationship since entering my twenties...Larry.
I don't believe in "soul mates" but I do believe in finding your partner for life. Larry is my partner (now my husband). We have been together for 12 years (longer than my first husband which was 11 years). Some of these years have been stormy as we are two passionate people. The blessed thing is we have done our mistake making and maturing together and have stuck it through!
At this point I have a great job, a great family and a wonderful husband. My kids are becoming independant and it is time to open the door and let them fly. I am now a bystander to the beginning of their lives. I am here to guide the flight, offer up advise (even if I am not asked for it) and watch them grow. At the same time I begin a new chapter of me where I discover that I am still a viable piece in the game of life and I want to grow and take some leaps off some uncharted cliffs. Always holding the hand of the man I trust the most...which me luck!
