Unfiltered, Honest, and Loving Times of A Woman and her CRAZY, but Happy Life!!!

This February 14th brings many old and new emotions.  It would have been my BFF's mother's (fondly known has Grand Jan) 83rd birthday.  I remember her favorite cake was "Red Velvet" and she was celebrated in style.  Janice was one amazing lady and I was blessed to have her in my life.  Also, 20 years ago I took out an ad in the Washington Post that read, "Katrina, will you Be Our Valentine?  Welcome to your new family.  We love you."  I still have that ad tucked in my bible. (Katina is our goddaughter and the reason we have our Jeffrey.  Another story for another day). This year is a different type of love.  The love of a child you are blessed to have in your life. Alyssa is the type of young lady who smiles and fills the room with sunshine.   She appreciates the "little things" like a Valentine's Day card with kittens and a box of chocolates that has a sweet kitten on the front.  "I am going to save this", she says and smiles as

Many of you know that our son is adopted.  I still remember the painstaking moments of waiting for the call saying that a mistake had been made and that he would not be coming home to us.  Finally came the day when I held him in my arms and our family was complete,  however here we are again. Now fast forward 15 1/2 years later and my life changed again when 10 months ago then a 13-year-old, hazel eyed, brown hair, 5'7 cutie pie stole my heart.  She came into our family like a soft whisper.  She never asked for anything but to be loved and respected.  She spent many summer days with us, 4th of July, and then last August she came to live with our family.  As time went on her being here was like second nature.  She is not a guest she is family. Tomorrow we go to court to decide now where this beautiful 14-year-old girl where begin to find her forever home.  She has been thrown from pillar to post.  She has struggled with the security of knowing when she will be feed to whether sh