Learning from Others

I always pick a cause on the internet. Something that means something to someone else but has nothing to do with me. Like a blog or a Facebook page of people telling their story. I don't know these people personally except Jennifer Ortiz and Angie. I truly just read what they write, comment only encouraging words and pray really hard for them. I believe doing this daily helps me have compassion and understanding for others fighting battles that I can't see. It is a daily reminder to be kind to others because you never know their story.

One of my favorite blogs in Another day Stronger. When I started reading that back in 2012 the author could bring you to your knees with how she handled the loss of her first baby to SIDS. Her pain leaped off the page and broke your heart day after day. I always wished I could do more for her. It has been years since I have read her blog and today when I went to get the address for you I clicked on the one about them moving and just started crying. Her pain is so raw I wish no mom ever had to experience losing a child. If you have time go read the blog. Start from the beginning if you can. The address is http://kandjstaats.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Ortiz is an acquaintance of my from the pageant world. She has a beautiful daughter and just had a fairytale wedding to Mike. They got pregnant with their son who had a stroke while in the womb. Jude just passed away this month and had a beautiful service. He was 7 year old. That little boy inspired so many people to do good things. I can't imagine how much pressure this has to be on a marriage. Jen used a lot of medical terms in her blog and I googled alot but she is that mom that would do anything, learn and read anything so she could to make Jude's quality of life better. She challenged the medical field head-on at times and won. I always admired her for that. When I went to her blog today I clicked on a link on how they are dealing with their grief. It makes my heart hurt for them as they find a new normal. Ch: eck out her blog at http://cjengo.blogspot.com/

My next blog is my friend Angie's called Signature. She is a socialite in Houston. She has the best clothes, jewelry, and shoes. She always looks like she has it all. She doesn't talk a lot about being lonely. She keeps herself really busy, but sometimes her life makes me sad, either because I don't have it or I think she deserves so much more. I can't make up my mind which. God has a plan for her and we have all been waiting patiently. If you get a chances read Angie's blog at http://signature-you.blogspot.com/

Now on to my Facebook pages. Jacob's Fight is a good one https://m.facebook.com/ 

It randomly came across my news feed one day. It is of a teenage boy fighting cancer and everyday I'm blown away by his fight. It looks like they have an amazing support system and really tries to keep his life as normal as possible. I admire them so much because I'm sure it can't be easy.

I also like Prays for Dane Lancaster, Prayer Chain for Ava and Bringing Home the Browns and a few more. There are hundreds of thousands on facebook. I encourage you to look for one that speaks to you. 

https://m.facebook.com/thevelcropygmies/   Lastly I want to tell you about The Velcro Pygmies. I don't even know how to say there name. This band had one band mate and his brother that went fishing to never returned. After weeks of searching the water both of them were found. To be honest I fell in love with this story. I couldn't help but livestream the news in their hometown to follow the search. As I got on their page the other day to check on them I was delighted to see they are playing in Bryan College Station on the 28th of April. That is tonight!!! I have never heard a song of theirs and I am not going to until I get there tonight. By looking at their pictures I'm not sure I will even understand the music, but we are going. So if you see a 39 year old LOOKING grandmother at The Tap with her plus one Maranda and husband thinking I'm crazy sticking out like a sore thumb that would be us. I'm going to go for Jacob and Jeremiah to show my last respect.

                                                              **UPDATE***
Landon had a baseball game in Teague last night so we headed that way at 5:00pm. My baby hit an in the park homerun! When the game was over we headed home as usual. Got the little kids to bed and told Thomas of course we were leaving and we would be back. The sitter came and we made it to the concert at 11:30pm. I told Matt let me have two drinks one to honor each of the boys and we can go. Four drinks later we closed the BAR down.. The lead singer kept calling me a cougar and I didn't get it and when I got in the truck I realized we hadn't changed clothes because we were in a hurry so I still had Landon's team jersey on that said Cougars on it. To say we had the best time was an understatement. It was like nothing I have ever done in my life. Matt and I laughed because we have been married longer then most of the kids at the Tap have been alive but that didn't stop us from being Rock Stars for the night. We got home at 3:45am and got the kids up for school and I made it to my 8:30am work out class. I can mark Rock Star mom off my list of cool things I have done.


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