what an honor!

On Mother's day a man in our church asked if he could speak with Jeremy and I. I wasn't very sure what he wanted to talk about, see Jeremy has been helping this man out through the addiction program at our church. He has turned out to be such a nice guy and is really getting his life back together. Jeremy has gone to court with this man many times (as the director of RU) to be a voice for this man so he could get his kids. He has really changed since we first met him a year ago. He has sobered up, never misses church and is a big help around the church, has a job, and is now helping others at our addiction program.

 Well back to the question he wanted to ask us.....He said he had prayed a lot about this and talked to the pastor about it and he wanted to know if Jeremy and I would be the ones to take his boys and raise them if anything happens to him. He said our home is the kind of him he would want his kids raised in and he couldn't think of anyone else he would rather have take care of his kids! Of course we aren't expecting anything to happen to him but still it was such an honor to be ask this. He is getting all the legal stuff together so it will be in his will or whatever.

With all the doubts I have about being a good enough mom (mostly put there by others) and all the criticism I have had from others about my children (mostly from people without kids) This really made me happy to think that someone wants ME to raise their kids if anything happened to them.

 I am so proud to say, I am a good mother who is raising her children to love God, church, and others. I might not be perfect but God has made me who I am. I am very honored to have someone else think so too.