QUARANTINE!

As we sit at home and try to adjust to becoming home school teachers, better cooks and the like. My kids don’t feel as if being home with their parents is a bad thing…they enjoy the three meals and four snacks throughout the day! My husband sees this as us reconnecting and having time to reflect. I reflected as much as I can with these four! My other daughters come over on the weekends; they create a house of laughter and light until Sunday night.

Sometimes, we see the glass as half full, not half empty. Thankful, kids are resilient without question! I’m going have to write about what me and the mister are doing while we are on lock down, I like it!! I’ll also see about adding links for some Pinterest stuff I cooked and done since I can’t go anywhere. I don’t want this entry to be too short, but I’m getting back into writing and glad I can do this and continue to share with you guys the joy of family!

A deeper sense of me

We are in the era of “let’s date or feel each other out until we get it RIGHT; then, let’s have kids and keep a house until we die.” Whew! I can end this blog spot now, but I won’t. Instead, let’s look at how being married with some kids, grown and adolescents, pre teens and a little bit younger. As y’all know, I have 5 children; 24, 15, 11.5, 6 & 7; 4 girls and my son is the 11.5 year old. Poor guy. He holds his own and does not allow his sisters to sweat him. My husband, who has his own four children, 3 boys and 1 daughter, 22, 21, 16 & 15 in order. He appreciates how they ALL listen and take direction. It can be a little frustrating and nerve wracking. We think of how we all get along, together or apart and coming to congratulate each other at times.

Nobody could have told me that I would be a step mother. I didn’t think I would have 5 children. The way my life was set up, I dealt with loss early in my life. So the future was promising, just not how I imagined it to be.

I lost my father, brother and grand father at 5 and my mother at the age of 6. My grand mother raised me and my twin sisters. I don’t want to dwell on this particular subject. It will have its time to shine in a few spots later.

Back to the future, okay, I married my sweetie last year. He is such a joy and I wish would have married him sooner. Insert 😕 here…yeah I know. Thank goodness for a conscience! I remembered, I can go back to church. I an move forward and see what the end gone be! So I leaped and found myself back in the church I left. It wasn’t even about religion, it was about being loved and happy! I use tons of exclamation points because I am happy! God made me laugh at my situation. Yes, He did. I looked at what I was doing. Divorcing your last set of children’s daddy, in over your head with this car I can’t afford and so on. My friends were seeing me smile and be silly; not knowing I was crying out on the inside. I threw up my hands, released EVERYTHING into the universe and lived. This happened 2 years ago and I’m living in overflow. I will write more and engage. Thank you for reading!!

Love you guys, Cass💞

Okay…here we go

As I write this, I’m going to work. My husband is driving me and I feel so privileged. Being loved is easy; just with the right person. Mistakes have been made and between the both of us we have 9 children and 1 grandchild. Blending families, tears, joys and love keeps us bonded. I’ve known him for over 30 years and took trial with error to bring us together. We’re inseparable now as we create memories for our future.

This short entry is an intro for what’s to come for us; The Gaitors. Cheers, Jonathon and Cass. 💕