Lucky

      I am feeling pretty lucky today. Blessed is a better word. I have lived in Juneau since 2002. Before that, Myranda and I were living in Reno. We moved up here to get out of the women's shelter we were living in.  My mother had found that we were placed there after my boyfriend, at that time, was sentenced to three years for physical abuse. I was still afraid to leave my apartment, even though he was behind bars. I know he had friends watching me all the time.
 
       I am lucky because my mother had sent us plane tickets to Juneau. When we got here, it was not even a week and I had my first job. Then, I was given a scholarship to get my CNA licence. I also started to work at WFC. I loved it. Everything was falling into place. Even got me and Myranda our own place to live..

  In 2007 Michael came back into my life. We had not seen or spoken to each other in 16 years. ( You can find almost anyone thanks to Internet! ).
  Now, we are happily married, have our two beautiful girls, a home, and a great church family..

     I sometimes wonder how the other women, that was in the shelter, are doing. If they broke the cycle of abuse and learned to love themselves. I do pray for them and hope are all okay. Yup! I am lucky!

Orange ya glad?

I am not sure why Jocelynn loves the color orange. Her favorite toys are orange and so are her favorite foods.  Mandarin oranges, cheese, and whale crackers... Tigger, well, you can see where I am going with this. It makes me crazy sometimes with all of her little "Jocie quirks"..Other times I can't help but smile.. Jocie does not eat with a fork or a spoon yet and we had her speech therapist over to observe her eating habits. We tried to give her green beans...They ended up on the floor along with the corn and elbow macaroni. The I got her sliced cheese out of the fridge..A nice light orange cheese. She was all the sudden hungry. She even ate a piece or two with a fork. I think it was an orange fork..