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This may get to be a long post.  You have been warned.    At the beginning of the month it was my birthday {don’t forget you still have a few more days to jump on the March Special} and I mentioned that IF/WHEN my birthday wish came true, I would then let you, my readers know about it.  Well, it didn’t take as long as I thought to come true. 

Long story short, for the past nearly 6 years my husband has worked a job that has kept him away from home.  Since moving to Hague nearly two years ago, it had become even harder.  We anticipated it might be a challenge, but this winter was just plain horrible, and if he wasn’t away working, he was away because he simply couldn’t come home because of the roads.  My husband even had a terrible accident on interstate just before Christmas ’09, being rear-ended by an F1500 truck at 80 mph while he was coming to a stop behind a flat bed semi because of an accident up ahead.  Fortunately my husband had his old F150 which is obviously built stronger than the newer ones are today.  Had he had his little tin-can Nissan, I shutter to think what the results would’ve been being hit that hard by a truck that size.

Anyway, as the kids are growing up it’s just getting harder on them to see him go.  There have been times this winter where, because of a combination of weather and work, he was gone for a week straight.  This is no way to live life;  it’s just simply too short.  A person’s health and well-being suffers as well as it’s a job that’s very hard on the body with 24/7 on call hours, never knowing when you’re really going to work, no family life because you can’t plan anything, the list goes on and on.  However, his job had been a blessing and a curse.  I was able to build my business to what it is today with the support of his job, as I was able to put what I made back into my business.  It’s also given us the opportunity to move to a place where we love and are happy to call home. 

So…okay, I said long story short-gone are the days of being a single mom for a week at a time, gone are the days where we have 3 minute chats on the phone, gone are the days where I attend family functions without him, and gone are the days of just not living life as a family.  Beginning in April, we will for the first time in 6 years, be together each and every day.  Eating every evening meal as a family and planning things as a family.  I know with this will come trying times as we need to be more conscious on where our money goes, but I KNOW this will be a turning point for our family and is the best thing for our children.  So…yes, my birthday wish to have my husband home with me and our family has come true.  And honestly, I have BisManOnline to thank for that.  I found our home on BisManOnline and now I found employment for my husband in the very town in which we live, also on BisManOnline.  Who would’ve “thunk” it?  Certainly not me.  BisManOnline can change your life in ways you wouldn’t even think!  Crazy how life works out if you just have a little faith.  So there it is…Happy Birthday to me once again!

In other news, we had a few days of worry for our son, Xavier, who will be 6 this May.  He’s been a sick little boy off and on for quite a while.  Looking back in his baby book, ever since he was 2 months old, he’s been sick frequently.  Lately though it’s been a lot of unexplained fevers, with really no other symptoms.  Recently he had a case of bronchitis and considering other signs, he was tested for Cystic Fibrosis this past Friday.  The results were negative, thank goodness.  I am left to believe that I just have a child that gets sick very easily.  I’ll take that any day though over a chronic disease.  It was a scary few days though and as a mother, the helplessness you feel is indescribable. 

I am a grateful mother.  As crazy as my children make me some days, I’m thankful they’re healthy and that God felt me worthy enough to have me be their mother.  I pray that anyone reading this who knows someone who is dealing with a terrible illness of a child in a family, just pray for them.  Not just say “you’re in my thoughts and prayers,” but really mean it and do it.  Pray for them.  The power of prayer can be an amazing thing and when you feel all hope may be lost, miracles really do happen.  I think of a little girl, Miranda, who remains in our thoughts and prayers each and every night.  God has given her a second chance and she has taught so many people so much. 

Okay, so enough of the emotional talk!!!  I just wanted to tell you of a little service I came across earlier today actually.  It’s www.lintonclassifieds.com and there isn’t a whole lot listed there yet but as more and more people know about, the better the service will be!  To close, I’d like to share a pic of my 3 little “knuckleheads” sporting their new helmets for a child 4-wheeler they got recently.  Once it’s warm, I’ll share a pic of my son on it.  Our youngest obviously won’t be riding herself for quite a while and neither will our middle daughter.  She has her own way of doing things and doesn’t always really listen that great.  Our son though is pretty mature though for only going to be 6, so it’s a good time to teach the basics.  What’s nice is it has a remote with a kill-switch where the 4-wheeler can be shut down.  It also can be set to only go as low as 8 mph, which is still kinda fast for a little kid but they’ll grow into it and in the meantime will just learn how to properly ride it and care for it, etc..  That’s what’s so fun about living in Hague..it’s about as close as living on a farm as we’ll get, while still having a few conveniences of town-life.  {BTW, these helmets are better quality and also cheaper than those at Wal-Mart}

Until next time…Live, Laugh, and Love the one you’re with for life is too short not to.