North Carolina in June

One of my favorite things to do in the summer is to visit my children. As of this month, visiting my girls in N.C. is the thing to do. I have renewed my relationship with Laura's' 3 children, Jared (soon to be 12), Zach (11 in Oct), and Megan (3 in Sept). How fun! Megan has been so much fun especially when she plays with one of my 4 new pets. Megan will hold Cherrie for hours, putting her in the baby stroller and pushing her around the house. Smokey Gravy, Crooked Tail, and White Sauce are glad its not them. No, this is not any thing from the menu, its my new girls, 4 beautiful Fancy Rats. Sarah found them for me on Craig's List. They came with one very grouchy rat. She did not stick around for more than one day, especially when the pet store discovered she was a he. Consequently, I may be having alot of new babies. Zach thought they would make good food for his Bearded Dragon. I hope there will be no babies. We'll see! Sarah's' daughter, Emmalynne celebrated her first birthday on the 6th. She knew exactly how to celebrate. My adventures continue until the 6th of July. I will be sure to enjoy being a grandma with lots of adventures.

Their are NO Winners

Divorce is a terrible thing. Some people are just not meant to be together. They part and life goes on; but when children are involved......how sad. When my son and his wife divorced it was extremely sad. Children just can't understand. If the parents don't emotionaly support the children in all ways they have an even harder time understanding. That seems to be the case for my granddaughters. I love them very much. They will never hear me speak bad of their mother. She is the best mother they will ever have and they love her with all of their hearts. And that is the way it should be.
I am proud of my son for taking all of the verbal abuse that has come his way without playing the dirty game. It does make me sad to see lies being told. The girls share with me comments that are being said but can't express that they don't like it or they are made to feel bad for loving their dad. Why must adults act worse than children? The children can set a good example to follow.
As the girls get older they will look back and remember who did what, who said what and be able to judge for themselves. They are smart girls and I trust they will come to understand what has really happened. The truth will come out.
If you are in a divorce; please try to put your anger away. Don't let divorce hurt children any more than it has to.

Moving on!

Life in Danville is once again coming to an end. How many times must we live through a phase? I guess until we learn the lesson that is in store for us. The question is: is the lesson the same each time. I have lived in Danville three seperate times. The first time I was born here. My life was formulated here. It set me on the road for where I now sit. The second time was truely meant to be. That one helped me reach the point where I could let go of the hold my parents had on me. I began to grip myself. And now, once again Iam living in Danville. Here Iam living alone, if living next to my son, Jason and his family, is being alone. Ed is still in Deatur, waiting for my return. I have officially announced my withdraw as a teacher at North Ridge Middle School for the 09/2010 school year. I am moving back to Decatur when school is out. Its hard to explain why I am here alone. Its just something I had to do. Its just as hard to explain why this time is coming to an end. I like being able to spend time with my extended family and I like being alone. But its time to leave. I can't say (at this time) what I have learned. That is not for sharing at this point. It funny how things come to an end where they began. The lessons we learn in life can help us for a moment. a life time, or even an eternity. I have experienced all three and all three will be with me for eternity.

I'am Still Here

To quote my daughter, "I have nothing to say that is cute and clever like Lauras'." I must say though that although our governors have been getting alot of national "negative" publicity, they are doing something special for us....Making our licence plates. Oh well someone must do it.
I love Christmas music. I play it night and day. My students are getting tired of it though. But I don't care I'AM THE TEACHER!!!! Vacation is comingsoon and my husband and I will be going to Branson, Mo. for a week. All alone. That will be nice. But for now Iam still at school, its 5:35. At 7:00 I will taking pictures of our school Music Concert, with I might add my new Nikon 60. What a kool camera.
Well I stayed here so I could get some paper work done. So I will close for now.
Have the Best Holiday Season Ever.

I" been tagged.

At my age I haven't played tag in a very long time. The rules have changed. Lets see how random and weird this is.
#1 weird and random- Is anything in life random? There are weird things going on. When I get overly tired I lose my voice. Today I was in an IEP meeting, every time I tried to talk, one lady would cock her head as I tried to speak. She looked funnier than I sounded.
#2 weird and random- I love spending time with people. Watching and talking to people is one of my favorite things to do. Yes I know that isn't weird, but I love living alone. Why? How can you love being with people and yet love living alone? I love being with people. BUT I LOVE LIVING ALONE.
#3 weird and random- I have 7 scars on my stomach. I don't mind. You can barely see them through all the strech marks. Kids do teh darnest thing to you.
#4 weird and random- I am married to a Wallis, my best friend was born a Wallace. My second child was born Dec 28th ,her second child was born Dec 28th. My last child was born Nov 16th, her lasr child was born Nov 16th. My brother died by an accident in 1973 and her brother died in an accident in 1973. My sister was born May 12th, her sister was born May 12th. My son's birthday is June 4th, her husbands birthday is June 4th. My birthday is Nov, Her birthday is Nov. I love her she loves me!
#5weird and random- I have been a den mother, a girl scout leader, a sunday school president, a sunday school teacher, a primary teacher, a young womens leader, a primary president, a member of the relief society presidency, a sophomore sponsor, a yearbook sponsor. And now Iam a, TIRED!!
#6 weird and random- One of my greatest blessings in life is when my mother died in my arms. I started this life in my mothers arms and she left in mind.
#7 weird and random- Iam the oldest of my siblings but I feel younger than they all look. But!! Iam still TIRED!!!!

Now Iam supossed to tag someone. Who hasn't been tagged? I tag you all.
Just list 7 weird and or random things about yourself. And then tag more people. Is that right?

One full week of Birthday

As I finished an education conference in Mount Vernon, Il on Nov. 1st, I thought of my birthday that was coming in just 4 days. My brother has a birthday five days after mine. He has always been very special to me. So I decided to throw us a party. I had called everyone that is anyone and announced, " I'm having a potluck-weiner roast for David and myself on the 8th. That should have been the bjig day. The 5th wasn't going to be anything special. The 8th was to the day! But when I returned home, opened my front door, right there in front of me was my grandchildren. They were in their Halloween costumes. They were cute little kittens. But who was the baby? Who was the gjirl holding teh baby? Oh my gosh it was Sarah, Oh my gosh, the baby is Emmalynne! And Laura, she standing right next to Sarah. All I could do was say, "Sarah is you! Laura you are where!" Then the tears began to flow. What a surprise!! My daughters drove all the way from N. C. just to spend my bjirthday with me. Iam still in shock. All that way with a 5 month old, a 2 year old and my two oldest grandsons, Jared and Zach. They were here on till friday, the 7th. We had so much fun. I kept forgetting about the birthday party I was throwing myself. If that wasn't enough a perfect birthday, my best friend, Julie and her husband David, came for my party on Friday. Saturday came and so did 30 of my family members. Of course it was David's party too. But I was so happy that Iam still on a natural high. NOTHING IN THIS WORLD IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN FAMILY.

Its Not about Love

Improving your spirit isn't about love of self or of being loved but having a stronger spirit. For me its about being true to the light within. Knowing that my time here on earth is spent learning what kind of spirit I have and teaching myself how to have a stronger spirit. Of RETURNING WITH HONOR!