social media

Ok my kids tease me because I have every social media app. that is out there (no dating apps because I am happily married). I tell my kids that the reason I have them is to keep up with what they are doing and moniter them but, to tell you the truth some of them are really for me because I actually have a lot of fun on them and I have made online friends.  For instance I have the following social media accounts:  Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Tik Tok, and back in the day I had Yahoo and MySpace.  I am always looking for more followers so if you are reading this and you wish to follow me then please feel free to do so.  My Facebook is the only app that I keep private so that one is off limits to anyone who isn't a personal friend or family member.  I am sorry if that offends anyone but I have to do that for the safety of my family.  Ok here is a quick list of the ways that you can follow me:  Snapchat my user name is collegemom73, Instagram my user name is collegemom1973, Twitter my user name is @collegemom1973, Tik Tok my user name is @babygirlkelley.  As for Yahoo and Myspace I haven't been on those for years.  Oh yeah I also have YouTube the user name is Rebecca Kelley.  Also I have Google + the user name is plus.google.com/+RebeccaKelley73. Feel free to follow me on any and all of my apps please.  Ok well today I have a dentist appointment because for one the kids have to go for a cleaning and to have a couple of teeth fixed. I have to also have my rountine cleaning and have a couple teeth fixed.  My hubby got his taxes back last night so today after the doctor's appointment I get to do some shopping for the house.  I am so excited because there is so much that I want to do.  Friday my hubby has his back doctor appointment so I am going to get my hair cut then because his appointment is in the next town over and that is where I get my hair done every 3 months because the woman there is awesome and always does a perfect job.  It is so hard to find someone that can do your hair the way you want it and not screw it up.  A piece of advice just from my experiences whatever you do never get your hair cut at Wal-Mart because of my goodness I have went there twice and I also took my daughter there once and I had a friend go to and all of us came out with lopsided hair and it looked awful.  My cut is always the same and it is a really easy cut, short shag layered and cut about an inch below my ears, give me a little bangs and thin it out.  Well Wal-Mart got mad the last time because the lady tried to over charge me when the price is clearly on the wall and she wanted to charge me extra to thin my hair.  I reused to pay her more than what was clearly written.  She excepted them payment with an attitude but I didn't care because I am not going to allow anyone to take advantage of me.  One time we went there and the;y refused to cut my daughter's hair of my hair because they said we had nits, I tried to explain to the lady that the white flakes that she was seeing was psoriasis but, she still refused us and it was really humiliating.  We left and went to another salon and I explained what happened and she said there was no nits and she was used to working with people that have psoriasis.  She was awesome and made us feel so much better.  We no longer live anywhere close for us to be able to go back to her but, I have found an awesome place to get my hair done and they are very good and very friendly they always do an awesome job.  The place is Southern Rootz Salon 213 London Shopping Center, London, KY 40741.  The take walk-ins but, if you would like to call and make and appointment or ask questions their phone number is 606-657-5201.  You will not be disappointed by these girls.  Everybody thinks that being a Homemaker is an easy of job.  It is not like I sit on my butt all day eating chips and drinking coffee watching tv.  Here is a breakdown of my day: Wake up at 5 am, wake up my hubby (our older son sets his own alarm and gets himself up and rolling), I go to the bathroom, fix coffee, lay out my hubby's clothes, fix my hubby and son their lunch and breakfast, as soon as they leave for work at 5:30 am I have to get the kids up for school (thank God they are old enough to dress themselves), I sit down and drink my coffee and take my medicine and watch some tv or listen to music. At 6:20 am the kids are out the door and on the school bus, I check my social media accounts and I write my blog, I don't really eat I just drink a lot of liquids though, I take something out for dinner, clean the house, do laundry, watch a little tv and I do Tik Tok videos, the kids and the worker bees are home by 3:40 pm and dinner is waiting for them, then me and the hubby relax and watch tv.  Yes I do have busy days but man it is so boring.  Closing for now check ya out tomorrow.

I'm back

I am sorry it has been so long since I have written on my blog.  I lot has happened since my last post of course.  I will try to fill all ya'll in on everything.  My weight loss is at a stand still for some reason.  I started out at 400 pounds as most of you know and then after my weight loss surgery I got down to 212, but now I am back up to 245 and I have been here for almost 2 years.  Not going up which is a good thing but not going down which is really agrivating.  I am seeing a knee doctor who does a cortizone injection in my knee every 3 or 6 months.  I see a heart doctor every 6 months because they ran tests and found our that I had a slight heart attack. I see my family doctor every 3 months for medication refills and check up.  They have me on like 20 different perscriptions.  I see my dermatoligist every 3 months for a steriod shot because without it I have extremly painful pseriosis. Also I see the nurse at my family doctor's office for a B-12 shot every month.  Having all the illness that I have been diagnosed with really sucks but, I still have to keep going and not let myself stop and get down because if I do that it would be extreamly bad.  I have kids and my husband counting on me to be there for them the way that they are there for me.  I also see my psychiatrist every other month unless I need to talk before then.  My life seems to revolve around doctor appointments.  I am so glad that I get to see the dentist tomorrow because I have 2 teeth in the back that are cracked and chipped and cutting the inside of my mouth. The following is a list of medications that they have me on:  Simvastatin, Vitamin D, Potassium Chloride ER, Omeprazole, Vitamin B-12, Gabapentin, Multi-Vitamin, PEG oral packet, Hydrochlorothiazide, Aspirin, Polyethylene Glycol, Quetiapine Fumarate, Ibuprofen, Duloxetine HCI, Symbicort, Nitrostate, Loratadine, Halobetasol Propionate External Cream, and Fluticasone Propionate.  I have been diagnosed with the following conditions:  Allergic Rhinitis, Anxiety, Asthma, Bipolar Disorder, Congestive Heart Failure, Depression, Hypertension, High Cholesterol, Irritable Bowl Syndrome, Migraines, GERD, Sleep Apnea, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Physical Deconditioning, Obesity, Arthritis, COPD, Knee pain, Fibromyalgia, Constipation, IBS, Dysuria, Lumbar Spine Pain, Hip Pain, Hypokalemia, Vitamin D deficiency, Vitamin B12 deficiency, Atypical chest pain, skin lesion infected, Abdominal Pain, UTI, Osteoporosis, Urinary Incontinence, and Gastrointestinealeitis.  I have had the following surgeries:  Appendectomy, Gallbladder removal, Oophorectomy, Tonsillectomy and adnoids removed, tubal ligation, complete, hysterectomy, 2 cesarean sections, DNC, Gastric bypass. I don't thing that there is anything left to remove, you would think that all of that with all of that stuff removed that it would make me lighter lol.  I am only sharing all of this with you because I want you to know that if you suffer from any of these things of anything else that you are not alone.  I have joined several support groups and it has been a positive thing in my life.  Another thing I do is an app on social media called Tik Tok, now before you think or say anything I know it is crazy but, for me it is fun and it gives me a chance to let lose and be goofy.  I really enjoy it, It really brings a smile to my face and puts joy in my life.  The people on Tik Tok have become my friends.  Yeah I may not have face to face friends but for my cyber friends have become important to me because it keeps me from retreating into a solitude of loneliness and depression.  Some of these friends have become more than friends, they are like family to me.  I don't take family lightly.  Since the death of my mother and dad I only have my husband and 3 kids who live in my home.  My husbands family do not act like a family should and 7 of our kids have nothing to do with us and I honestly don't know why and they won't tell us either.  I feel like life is to short for people to just throw their family away the way that they have done.  I really didn't appreciate my mother being around and I really took it for granted that thinking that she would always be around.  If you mother is still alive please be good to her and appreciate her.  As with my husband though his parents don't treat him like a son.  It breaks my heart when parents don't treat their kids right but, it also breaks my heart when kids take their parents for granted thinking that they will be around forever.  I gave so much to my 5 stepkids, in fact we never used labels, to me they were my kids and I treated them accordingly. I personally have 3 kids that I gave birth to and I never treated any of the 8 any different.  I was extremely happy to have all these children because I had always wanted a big family.  I wanted to be like those families on tv that get together and have fun.  Boy was I in for a rude awakening.  My mom helped to raise my 3 due to a nasty divorce and my hubby's 5 lived with us.  I gave all my kids my everything and 7 of them have turned their backs on us.  Yes it is painful and it hurts but, I have had to force myself not to wallow in it because if I keep dwelling on it I would crawl into a deep dark ball of depression and that would not be fair to the 1 who is by my side and the 2 grandkids who we are raising as our own and my hubby.  Ok no my life is not perfect my husband and I argue and have verbal fights but, we love each other with our whole hearts and we took our wedding vows seriously and we believe that it is till death do we part.  When we have a disagreement we talk it out, sometimes loudly lol, but we move on and keep on supporting each other. I want to throw this out here we do not become physical because that is a promise that we both made to each other.  With my first marriage I was the one who worked and kept the house finances together because he was a sorry bum who wouldn't support his family and cared more about beating the crap out of me and knocking the kids around and abusing them sexually (I found this out after I had left him).  I got out of this relationship after 10 years due to meet a woman who was a wonderful friend and like a big sister to me.  She helped me to see that this was not a healthy relationship and that I need to put on my big girl panties and leave the jerk.  He had always told me that he would kill me and the kids if I ever tried to leave him and that his family was bigger and badder than mine. So that is the reason that when I left I sent my kids to live with my mom.  The kids were ages 7, 6 and 4.  I left with my friend her name was Rena her real name is Dora Ritzinger.  I have lost contact with her and I would really love to see her again, I really miss my big sister, If anyone knows her whereabouts please let me know or tell her I am looking for her.  My email address is collegemom1973@gmail.com if you can help me I would greatly appreciate it.  We have recently like 1 and 1/2 weeks ago moved into a house that we are having to remodel as we are living here.  We worked out a good deal with the landlord and he gave us really cheap rent. and after it is fixed up he will not raise the rent and we can live her for as long as we want. Yes I got it all in writing.  I never realized how expensive remodeling is.  So far we have the living room completed and the kitchen.  My room only needs carpet, I have to finish nailing the baseboards back up in the living room and the fireplace (non working our choice) needs a few things done with it and when I get done with it it will look like it is functioning but it will be beautiful and fake lol. I am also having to replace the ceiling fan in here because someone removed the blades and the light.  I am just going to say this right here whoever lived her before really messed this place up, their was trash everywhere and wholes in the walls and windows knocked out and cracks all in the front door.  Well So far we have painted and laid carpet in the living room and I repaired the front door, We painted the kitchen and laid tile in the kitchen and linoleum in the dining area.  I also got 2 bar stools for the bar and they are Ashley and gorgeous.  My husband had a fit because I paid $100 a piece for them.  I also got an area rug for the living room for $50 it was on sale.  The theme for our living room is western and Indian. The theme for my kitchen is country and coffee cafe, the theme for the bathroom is tropical beach.  My room is going to be a showplace for my husbands knife and gun collection.  I have crocheted everyone a dream catcher for their rooms in the colors that they chose.  My next bigger project is fixing my bathroom and Kia-Leigh's bathroom.  She has her own bathroom connected to her room.  At the moment the boys are staying in my craft room because they have to do some work on the basement which is huge.  They have their own bedrooms down their, I have a storage room and the have a huge room that they are turning into a game room.  They are big on gaming and Youtube.  I also have about every social media, Tik Tok, Twitter, Facebook, You tube, Snap Chat, Instagram. I used to have myspace back in the day before facebook.  My kids hate it because I stalk them on all social media.  I feel that is being a good mom because I don't trust all these online people because there is so many perverts out there. I do trust my kids because that is one thing I have instilled in them.  My thing is never lie to me because I don't care what you have done just tell me the truth so we can deal with it and move on.  A lie will lead to more lies and once you loss trust then you have nothing because if someone can't trust you then what good are you.  I am the type of mom that I don't care what you did together we can fix it or whatever.  Yes if you do something wrong I will be disappointed but that doesn't mean my love for you stops because my love is unconditional.  By no means my kids are not perfect at all. Right now we have our 2 grandkids that we are raising as our own, Dalton is 13 and Kia-Leigh is 11 also my son Luther age 26 lives with us.  Luther has a job and he is a hard worker and he pulls his own weight and pays his own way. He has a job at a steel factory painting metal fences with my husband.  They work anywhere from 50-60 hours a week.  Luther is a good kid and he never gives us a minutes problem when payday rolls around the first thing he does is pay his part of the bills and then he has plenty of money left over for his self to do whatever he chooses.  My husband has been a father figure to him for 20 years and he calls him dad and that is awesome.  Dalton and Kia-Leigh are good kids but when they argue with each other boy do I just want to knock their heads together or duct tape their mouths lol.  They see a counselor because of all the crap that they have been through because of their mother.  She literally put them through hell for 6 months of their lives.  We have had them since birth but we had never went to court or had any paper work because we were dumb and didn't really thing about it. The mother which is my husbands daughter she made us jump through some awful hoops with the kids, if we didn't do things her way or jump when she said jump she would threaten to take the kids away from us.  She was bouncing around from guy to guy and doing drugs and partying.  We didn't know that we could take it to court and put and end to all of the drama she was putting the kids and us through.  Until one day about 10 years ago she beat up one of her kids aunts (for no reason, she was raising 1 of her kids since birth) and she beat up my niece because she didn't like what she had said about her which was only the truth.  Well finally the state picked up the case and filed charges against her and she got locked up for 6 months while she was pregnant with baby number 4, btw she has 5 and she has custody of none and no visitation rights.  The social workers stepped in and they were extremely helpful for us.  I know there is bad social workers out there but I just thank God the we got a wonderful worker.  We went to court and the judge was awesome she gave us full custody with no problem and it is our choice whether or not that she ever gets to see the kids.  Well she got out and had baby #4 and the state took him and placed him in a foster home and the family adopted him.  I am not upset about it because he is in a wonderful family and she is in contact with me and she sends me pictures and I send her pictures.  Baby #3 was raised since birth by the baby's aunt, the baby daddy left and went back to mexico and got married to a cute woman and they had a baby together put the baby only lived for 2 months due to a heart defect and it really broke all of our hearts.  Well our daughter decided that she was going to get married to this guy because omg she got pregnant with baby #5.  At the time she had an open DSS case and baby #4 had not been adopted yet and she though that if she got married that might help her get her kids back.  Only problem was she had not changed her ways.  Well the wedding was off the hook and it was beautiful.  I am the one who the the wedding planner and I decorated and organized everything. I made the boutonnieres and the bouquet and the made of honor's flowers.  One of our sons was the best man, one of your daughters was the maid of honor and he had 2 kids so his daughter and our granddaughter baby #2 was the flower girls and his son and our grandson baby #1 was the ring bearers. And my husband gave her a way.  After the wedding the receptions was an extremely awesome party.  I made food and the Mexicans made food and it was so good. Let me put this in right her I am not racist in the least.  I love all colors, I don't look at colors I look at a persons heart.  Well she had baby #5 and she had her tubes tied and burnt (thank God because she wouldn't use birth control) the state stepped in because her case was still open and she was an unfit mother she was not allowed to take the baby home.  They told her husband that if she lived with him that the baby couldn't go home with him.  So he kicked her out and took his baby home.  Which was a good choice because she only married him in hopes of getting baby #4 back.  She was extremely abusive towards her husband verbally and physically.  He ended up moving to Montana with the baby.  He filled for divorce and he received full custody of the baby and she get no contact. I get pictures of her occasionally.  Well like idiots we let her have contact with our 2.  She would clean her act up and pop in and then after a week or so she would be right back to her old self on drugs and hoeing around.  We had to make a decision a few months ago that enough was enough and the straw that broke the camels back was her calling and cussing out the kids and calling them anything she could lay her tongue to and telling them they were never wanted and baby #2 was the biggest mistake because she was white (all the others are part Hispanic).  Since then she has been permanently cut off. Yes the mama bear in me came out and she better be glad she was not standing in front of me or where I could get ahold of her because if she was I would have beat her half to death.  Well I have some remodeling repairs to do so I better end this for now I will try my best to post more often because I older son let me borrow one of his laptops until my husbands taxes come in and then I am going to get one of me own.  Peace and Love to everyone.

I feel selfish

Here lately I feel short tempered with my hubby and I feel that I am being selfish. For example it seems to me that here lately there seems to always be something wrong with him. There is never a day goes by that he either doesn't feel good or he claims pain in some part of his body. He has went from someone who rarely gets sick to always something being wrong and he will ask "do I look like I don't feel good or do I look tired" and usually no he doesn't it to me feels as though he just wants attention and for me that is not a way to get my attention. It really irritates me and I let him know it but he is just not getting it. Also he is very negative with me here lately. It makes me feel that no matter how hard I try I just can't do anything good enough. For instance I can clean the house everyday and make sure dinner is ready when he gets home and he will find something to complain about like there are clothes in the dyer why didn't you fold and put them away what do you do sit and watch tv all day. Also he will call on his breaks and tell me things I need to do which he says he is just reminding me but for me it makes me feel like that he thinks I am to stupid to know what needs to be done. I have told him how I feel but he keeps doing it. I know he loves me and everything but it is stuff like this that is causing me anger and I am trying to cope with it and handle things in a Godly way but I am really lost on what to do. I just have a lot of junk in my head because of my weight issues and then Daltons school and Sarah being in jail and getting rehab and then him adding to my stress it really isnt helping and now because of all of this the skin problems that I have are acting up and my hands are raw and dry and cracked and are very painful. I dont say any of this to make my husband look bad because he isn't he really is a good husband and father and provider for our family. I just want to let people know that they are not alone and that no marriage is perfect. Everyone has something that they are working on. I normally try to focus on the positive because it is important to not get caught up in the negativity because whatever you focus on becomes bigger. I feel that sometimes he can be offensive when I try to tell him how I feel so I am trying to pray and ask God how to say things when I talk to him. Now I by no means am trying to say that I am perfect because I am far from it but I am trying to do and say the right thing. Another thing that is going on is that our daughter called to say that she is glad that she went to jail and that she is getting the help she needed. She is going to Celebrate Recovery and some other class to help her and that she wants to come home after she gets out next month. I am praying that she has honestly had a change of heart and that she will keep up with the progress that she is making now. Because in the past she has been selfish and only thought about herself and not about the family. I have never stopped praying for her or stopped loving her. I have been angry with her and really hurt by her actions. I wrote her a letter to let her know how I feel and I hope that she understands. I let her know how I felt and I let her know that our door is always open for her if she is truly willing to change because I have to first and formost think about the 2 young ones that are in our care. I cannot allow her to hurt them by her selfish actions. My fear is that she is only doing these things right now because she has to but prayer is that it is a true change of heart and that when she is out and she has a choice that she will make the right choices. There is a lot of stresses right now bit I k ow that God is in control and that everything is going to be ok. For thanksgiving my husband wants us to go to Lexington to go out to lunch with some friends and to stop by and visit his family. I really want to be excited for this and be able to be able to have a fun and enjoyable day but I am nervous also because with that family there is always something that goes wrong. They are negative and they can never just be happy with life. They are not happy unless they are putting someone down. They dont get along with each other and someone is always stabbing someone in the back. His mother is raised one of his ex's kids and she treats our kids and my kids lije outsiders. Its just stressful being around them. I try not to allow them to bother me but then I sort of get accused of being a snob. But they act like white trash and I am better than that. It is hard to find a happy medium because I know they don't like me because they have said they don't.

Tired of middle school

I am so fed up with middle school.  Today they had my son call me to tell me that he is missing 2 assignments in social studies. I asked my son ok where are they and he apparently has lost them and doesn't know where they are. So then his teacher gets on the phone to tell me that they just wanted him to call and let me know that he is missing 2 assignments. So i ask if he is missing anything else and the teacher didn't know but said he would find out and i also asked if the teacher could give him the assignments again and that way he can at least get some credit and he said he would ask the other teacher and then let me know. The reason i am a little irritated about this is i feel like having my son call me in the middle of class time is pointless and is taking away from the time that should be spent teaching him. Also what if i was at work and had a job and i get a call from school i would naturally answer it thinking that it could be an emergency but then for it to be nonsense like this. And the thing that also bothers me is that it wasn't even the teacher that he has the missing assignments for that got on the phone so the teacher was not very helpful either. All of his teachers have my phone number and email address so if it was so important for me to inow this information then i feel like the teacher that has the missing assignments should be the one to take the time and talk to me since she was the one who wasted my time with a pointless phone call. I went to the parent teacher meeting and they told me that they feel like he is not able to do the assignments but it seems as if they are dragging their feet on getting him the necessary help that they say he needs. They have a no backpacks in classrooms policy which i feel is stupid because to me he would better be able to keep track of his things and not lose his assignments if he was allowed to keep them in his backpack. We even got him a binder the one with different places that would hold all his folders and paper and a pencil keeper and he was told that he wasnt allowed to use that either. My hands are tied and i dont know what else to do to help him be organized when everything that we do is not allowed. I wish he could be in a private Christian school because i feel he would thrive so much better than he is drowning in public school. But we really cant afford it. I can only put it in God's hands and ask Him to give me the wisdom on how to handle these situations when they arise.

Total honesty

I am going to be totally honest right now and say something that is really hard for me. After struggling so hard to lose weight and coming so close to being where I wanted to be I have gained 45 pounds and I feel miserable. I feel like I now have no energy and I feel sick and everytime I eat anything I feel sick. I have been to the doctor and they said it is because of my surgery as to why I feel sick after eating. I need to take a step back and rethink how I am eating and what I am eating. I feel so ashamed of having gained this weight. I can no longer fit into my clothes and when I put something on that does fit I feel like I look horrible. I don't judge others on the way that they look and I don't look down on anyone for the way they look but I look down on myself. I feel like I am sliding into a pit and I can't see out. My husband is so supportive he tells me that he loves me just the way I am. He has never made me feel like I don't measure up. I am going to take a step back and reevaluate what I need to do and get back on track because I really need to lose the weight for my health.

Racism

Ok so today I am going to weigh in on the whole racism issue that is going on in America these days. One thing is our family consists of other races and I am by no means racist. You can ask anyone who knows me I will tell you that I don't care if you are pink with purple polka dots. Also we are big football fans. Normally we watch football every time it is on my husband has a favorite team I have a different favorite team and kids have different favorite teams and we just love watching football as a family. We usually have a small Super Bowl football party with just us and some good food watching and enjoying the game with each other. Although this year it has been quite different it is hard to see the teams turning against America. When the national anthem is being played out of respect for the country that you choose to live in you should stand and when I see whole teams refusing to be present during the national anthem or I see this idiotic black power sign being presented during the national anthem and people taking a knee or just not standing out of respect I have a big problem with it. My thing is if you choose to live in the United States of America then you should show respect to that country and if you don't like it then leave don't live here. When you refuse to stand for the national anthem to me it is like slapping a veteran or a soldier in the face because we live in a country where we are free to choose how to live our lives I may not agree with how you choose to live your life you may not agree on how I choose to live my life but we have that freedom because there has been people fighting for us giving up their lives and their time with their families to make sure that you have that freedom to live your life how you choose. So when you cannot give just that few minutes of respect back to a country that is giving you that freedom I find a big problem with it nobody said you have to stand and salute or put your hand over your heart or anything like that just remove your hat out of respect and stand by standing to me all that is showing is you know I respect those people that have laid their life down to fight for my freedom and I really don't think that is too much to ask especially since these football players are grown men who are supposed to be setting an example for other people and for children. It is bad enough how are kids these days are so disrespectful in the way that they treat others and how they conduct themselves to have grown men showing this lack of respect for their country is crazy to me its just nonsense. Its like grow up think about more than just yourself here and think about the lives that you are impacting. And on another note with the football players this craziness of the black community with the black power symbol that they do when they tackle someone or make a touchdown is crazy its like really if a white man on a football team made a derogatory  symbol or sign then it would just not be allowed. I would be just as offended by a white man making a symbol as I am with a black man making a symbol to me because I don't see color it's just hate is all I see. I don't think that it should be allowed and I think that when it happens there should be some kind of consequences to these actions either fine the player or bench them don't allow them to play when they don't play they don't get paid hit them in their pocket books where it really matters to them and then let it go from there and see how they act. This is a job for them that they are getting paid to do. If they were on the job at a gas station and they were throwing up race symbols then they would be fired and it would not be accepted so why is it that they feel that they have a right to throw up race symbols on the field which is their job place. Other races say that they want the races to be united and as one and equal but then they throw up race symbols and have black only or certain race only scholarships and schools and to me I feel that is wrong because if there was a white only scholarships or schools then that is not allowed because it is racist. Civil rights people fought for this movement to have every race treated equal so then how can we be truly equal when we have separate scholarships for certain races. To me it is just that right is right and wrong is wrong and if it isn't right for one race than it isn't right for all races period. I understand that America is multicultural but we have one thing that unites us and that is or should be the American language and that is English. I feel like if you live in the United States that you should have to learn to speak English. It is not our job to learn your language to make accommodations for you. You chose to come to America so you should learn our language. If I go to a foreign country they are not going to make special accommodations for me they expect for me to learn their language because I am in their country and if I don't know it then I must find my own translator and pay that person to be my voice. I can't just go anywhere in that country and expect that they should have someone that can do that for me. It would be my responsibility because I chose to go to a foreign country. So I feel that in the same respect it should not be the responsibility of businesses or people to have to know other languages to accommodate people who refuse to learn the language of the country they choose to live in. Some places won't hire a person if they are not bilingual and I don't feel that is fair because as long as you can speak English and be able to do your job then that should be enough. Also to graduate high school you have to take a foreign language class and to me that is not right I feel that it should be your choice if you want to learn a language other than English. We don't force our kids to learn sign language but yet we have a lot of deaf people in America. To me why not make that a class that is taught in school? I am going to close with that but this is juat a little insight into some of the things that are going on in America that I am acknowledging.

Faith

At church they have been preaching and teaching on building your faith. Building your faith is something that you have to do on a daily basis. You cannot wait until you are in the middle of a battle to decide that now is the time to build your faith. That is like a body builder waiting until the day of a lifting competition to decide to build up muscles. All of this makes a lot of sense to me when I think about it. Last night they talked about that you can't get healed if you don't believe in miracles. I truly believe in miracles because I have personally experienced them and I have seen them in other people's lives. I think it is awesome when someone is healed and to me there are no small miracles because I think that they are all wonderful.