ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE MY LAST ENTRY.  LIFE AS YOU ALL KNOW GETS SO BUSY.  SO MANY NEW THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND HAVE HAPPENED SINCE MY LAST ENTRY.  LET ME START BY SAYING  I AM MY HUSBANDS 2ND WIFE.  HE HAS THREE CHILDREN FROM THAT MARRIAGE.  THE KIDS GREW UP WITH OUT HIM FOR REASONS I WONT DISCUSS.  WELL ITS BEEN 18YRS SINCE HES SEEN THEM..UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO HE HADNT EVEN SPOKE TO THEM.  WELL THROUGH AN EMAIL I SENT TO THERE HALF SISTER WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM OUR CONTACT INFO AND LOW AND BEHOLD ..ON A SAT AFTERNOON WHILE CLOSING OUR RESTAURANT(ANOTHER NEW THING I WILL SHARE) WE GOT A CALL FROM THE OLDEST SON BRIAN WHO IS 28.  WHAT A BLESSINGS..AFTER SOME AWKWARDNESS AND SORRYS ..FORGIVENESS.. WE FIND OUT WE HAVE A DAUGHTER IN AND LAW AND A GRANDDAUGHTER!!  ACTUALLY ALTOGETHER WE HAVE FOUR GRANDCHILDREN~!!!!   OUR SON(MY STEP) ADAM IS A LITTLE CAUTIOUS AT THIS POINT..BUT THE SAT BEFORE LAST WE RECIEVED ANOTHER CALL FROM OUR DAUGHTER RACHEL!!! AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING TO WHERE SHE LIVES TO PICK HER AND HER BABY UP FOR A WEEK LONG VISIT!  WE ARE SO OVERWHELMED WITH GODS PLAN AND HOW IT IS COMING TOGETHER. 18 YRS OF A PRAYER.. GOD MADE A WAY WHERE WE COULDNT SEE A WAY..THROUGH GOD THE KIDS HAVE FORGIVEN MY HUSBAND AND THE THREE CHILDREN MY DH HAVE TOGETHER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO START A RELATIONSHIP WITH THERE HALF SIBLINGS.  MY STEP DAUGHTER AND MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER LOOK SO MUCH A LIKE ITS AMAZING..  WE TRUST THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OF THESE ADULT CHILDREN.  THEY HAVE EMBRACED ME AND THERE SIBLINGS THEY DIDNT KNOW EXISTED UP TIL A MONTH AGO..  OK NOW THE NEXT NEW THING.

THE PIC OF MY 18YR OLD STEP DAUGHTER AND HER BABY WHOS 6MOS OLD, OUR 14YR SON, OUR 12YR OLD SON, AND OUR 9 YR OLD DAUGHTER. 

     MY HUSBAND IS A CHEF (BY TRADE) AND HAS ALWAYS DREAMED OF HAVING HIS OWN RESTAURANT.  WE HAD ONE A LONG TIME AGO THAT JUST DIDNT MAKE IT .  WELL GOD HAVE THAT PASSION TO MY HUSBAND AGAIN AND AUGUST 13.  WE OPENED OUR DOORS TO OUR RESTUARANT CORNERSTONE RESTUARANT.  ITS BEEN A STRUGGLE TO GROW BUT IT DOES CONTINUE TO GROW.  SO MANY BLESSINGS AT ONCE!

     WELL THE THIRD NEW THING IS WE PUT OUR DAUGHTER IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL A HOP SKIP AND JUMP FROM THE RESTAURANT.  I STILL HAVE MIXED FEELINGS BUT ITS A VERY VERY SMALL SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE FOUR DAYS THEN THREE DAYS ROTATION.. I STILL HOMESCHOOL THE BOYS IN THE RESTAURANT WHICH IS HARD SOME DAYS.  I MISS MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHES NOT THERE BUT SHE IS DOING SO WELL THERE BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE AND WE ARE LEANING ON GOD TO MAKE A WAY .  I WELCOME ANYONES COMMENTS OR EXPERIENCES ON ANYTHING IVE SHARED.  IM SURE THERES OTHER THINGS BUT I WILL KEEP AS IT IS.