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Feel better soon! *HUGS*

Love you, Leigh!... Sorry I haven't gotten to the Post Office...Monday for sure (I have a show tomorrow, so Monday would be my first chance ) Take care, we'll be here when you get back ^_^

congrats ont eh new puter!!!! it is amazing how fast they grow up eh???

hugs get well soon!
love always me

Get better soon Angel.

Hey, congrats on the new 'puter!!
So how old is your daughter that just got a phone call from a boy???

Phyllis, she's 12 -- going on 21!!!! YIKES! I don't think I'm ready for this yet!

I think I was about 12 or so when I got my first phone call. Of course there's no way Dad could know about it -- he would've scared the poor guy to death.

Custom-built computers are the cat's meow. Everything's exactly what you want -- you lucky girl.

Are you drinkin' TONS of water? Hmmm?? Are ya??

I am so sorry you are feeling so bad. You cant hold that new baby if you are so sick.

For the record, I was 20 before I got a phone call from a "boy" I was just a late bloomer.

looking forward to your return. :) ((((HUGGG))))

Hope you're feeling better today.

Well, I pop in here every so often and read the really wonderful, sometimes sad and always heartfelt blogs and I finally decided to jump in and become an active part! Forgive me for taking so long, but I guess I didn't really feel like I had much to put in that was worth saying, until now!

Two and a half years ago, we moved to Tennessee! For my husband, it was coming back home, but for me, it was leaving everything and everyone I've ever known! It was horribly lonely for quite a while, so we decided to attend classes and became foster parents here! A year ago last September, we got our first two! They are sisters and the youngest two of five. For the most part they are really wonderful young ladies and we've truly enjoyed having them. Like all kids, they have their ups and downs and with one now 14 and the younger, 11, they go through the emotional difficulties of being a teen and a pre-teen. They are still with us and we've grown to love them like our own children! The 14 year old, for the first time ever, passed to the next grade last spring and both have learned to read and write so even we can read it!

We've had a couple of babies, both for awhile. A little boy we got at three months old and he was with us for almost 8 months! He's been with his dad now for 3 months and I still really miss that little guy! During the time we had him, we also got a newborn little girl. She'd been dropped in a bag at birth, then thrown over 18 feet into the woods and left to die, so she had a concussion along with being drug addicted and bruised over most of her tiny little body! Just before the little guy left, she was adopted out to her Aunt and was completely over the drugs and doing really great! She was truly a miracle baby!

About three months ago, we got three little ones, ages 5, 2 and 15 months! We kept the two little ones, but had to have the 5-year old live with someone else as he was really creating problems with fighting and hurting the younger two. They are siblings and the two younger are only 14 months apart in age! The older, a little girl has to be watched almost constantly around her younger brother as she also learned to be very cruel in her interaction with him at times! After almost three months, they are finally learning to play together better, but still have a long way to go in that area! She is a very intelligent little girl and it's hard to believe she's only 2-1/2 years old! The little guy supposedly didn't talk, but we can hardly shut him up now! He repeats everything anyone says and comes up with a number of words on his own too! All of the kids we've had were with us because of drugs! The older two have both parents in jail still because they not only used drugs, they were caught selling them as well!

Well, that's pretty much my life at this point and it gets pretty wild around here sometimes! 3 out of 4 of the kids are dealing with an attachment disorder and their tempers and so consequently, we're dealing with their tempers too! Our 14 year old had planned on having a baby by the time she was 16, but has now decided to wait until she's about 35!!! Actually, she helps out a lot, but we also try to make sure she is able to be a kid and enjoy that time in her life without having to be responsible for the younger ones too much! There has been lots of downs, lots of ups and of course everything inbetween!

Oh, I have 5 grandkids and two more on the way! I have three daughters and my husband has a son! He doesn't have any children yet, but will someday down the raod, I'm sure!

Thank you all so much for the wonderful thoughts I've been so priviledged to share in! I do pray you all continue as they are very important to me!