Blessed Assurance

As most of you know my life has taken a rather sudden change. With that change comes many feelings and emotions that are so overwhelming at times that you can not begin to describe let alone explain. I have spent many hours praying and asking God to help me accept this fate with grace & dignity and I feel that I am on this road with his help.

I have been struggling severely with trying to figure out what I am.. Sounds crazy I know, but I can't explain how this has been bothering me. I am not a Miss. and I am no longer a Mrs. so what does this make me.. I have been asking God to help me in this area because like I said it has really been a struggle for me.

As I was praying about this concern today and pouring my heart out to God, I felt Him so ever near me and whisper to me, "titles come and go but you are more importantly MY CHILD.. Well I think that being His child is MORE important than being a Miss. or a Mrs. I am so glad that He does care and understand ALL the things that are important to us..

We don't have to ask God to change our problems but to help us face our problems and rise above them.. I am so grateful how He has taken such great care of me these past ten months and I know that He will be there for me in the future...

Never judge a book by it's cover.....

Funny how you see people that you have known for years and even had several conversations with them but when you get them in a different setting you find out they are "totally different from what you thought"... This became true tonight for me with some ladies from my church..

I received an invitation to a ladies get together of fun,food and games in the home of Miss. Janet Burton. She had also invited some other ladies from our church, and to be honest I almost didn't go, for the simple fact this was another "new chapter" of changes for me in my new single status. I really was toying with the idea whether to go or not, even while Kyle was driving me to Janet's house. So I go to the door shaking inside and tearing up a little when I was greeted at the door and walked inside..Well NOTHING could have prepared me for what I was about to embark upon..

Those women were CRAZY......... We enjoyed some very good food and conversation in general which wasn't too bad THEN they whipped out the GAMES and then THEY CHANGED.... Did I mention those women went CRAZY??


Gaye & Diane were hilarious, it was fun to see two christian sisters having so much fun with each other, Judy on the other hand was the life of the party and that is all I will say.. Rebekah was out of control, I NEVER knew that girl would be so funny and Janet what can I say except that if you EVER play games with Janet NEVER and I repeat NEVER wear your hair down, if you have any doubts just ask Diane she can tell you.. I never heard such hilarious things by just using 5 words in my life, Janet definitely has an active imagination.. I found the evening to be really nice and found myself sad it had to end.

Not only was it a night of laughter but also a time for sharing spiritual things with each other.. I found out "new things" are ok..

Thanks Janet for inviting me, I had a GREAT time..

Birthday Wishes

28 years ago today I was in room 206 at Columbus Regional Hospital getting ready to embark on a new adventure in my life.. Looking back now I was so unprepared and had no idea what I was doing. The only thing that I knew was that I couldn't wait to see if I was blessed with a boy or a girl..

The weather as I recall was cold and snowing. After our bundle of joy was born, I still remember how her Daddy took her over to the window and said "It's a cruel world out there", I also remember the nurse asking me what her name was to be and I proudly replied, Katressa Dawn Killinger, and the nurses response to that was "Good Lord, she will have to have a college degree to even spell her name.. Obviously, my nurse wasn't impressed, but I thought that was the most beautiful name that I had ever heard. (and I still do)...

From the day we brought our beautiful Katressa home, she slept all night. She always loved books and had a Sears catalog in her playpen that she would spend long periods of time just looking at the pictures..

It seems that time flew by and as no surprise to me, she turned into one sweet young lady that has many wonderful qualities. I hope that she knows just how much that I love her.. I want to thank her for being such a special daughter..

Happy Birthday Katressa..I love you.

FINALLY!!!!!!

Finally John gets to have a son to carry on the Roberts name.. I'm so happy for him.. He so deserves having another man around that house of females.. Can't wait to see the "little man" hopefully in June.... Granna loves him already...........

Random Photos

Feeling a little on the sad side tonight so I thought I would post some photos of my precious grandchildren, they are my life..

Cabin Fever

I think I can totally understand the term "cabin fever" since I have been cooped up inside for the last two weeks, I am ready to get out of the house for a little bit. My little trip to the hospital gave me time to think and really put things in proper prospective. Things are really nothing important, the ONLY thing important is FAMILY. I don't know where I would be without my family.

I appreciate the way that my wonderful children including John have put up with me being a little more work than normal.. Kyle was Johnny-on-the-spot getting me the proper help for me when I had this fiasco. Katressa was calm and in control just like I can always count on, and John always so understanding (even if it is annoying for him). I love you all so much..

My wonderful Mother always there to help.. I am so blessed. God gave me the BEST when he picked out my parents.. I love them so much..

If nothing else I realize it doesn't matter what you have material wise, as long as you have Jesus and family.. I just want to go on record letting them know once again how much that I love them.....

New Beginnings

The start of another New Year, where has time gone? 2010 was a difficult year for our family, we all have hope that 2011 will be bringing us new things, one being a new grandchild. John & Katressa have the new baby to look forward too, things are going well for Kyle and Matthew, I know that great things are going to happen for me this year too. I feel confident that the things I lost in 2010 God is going to make up for those things in 2011. I want to make sure that I keep God at the center of my life and how can I go wrong..