Back in the saddle

 Well, I have been away from writing on Hub for some time. Busy with many other projects that I needed to finish up. It is good to be back writing again and a lot has happened since I was last on hub. I have finally moved back to my home state and met my new grandson for the first time. "Oh, he is such a handsome little man and has the bright red hair. His giggles are so adorable and sweet. He has an older brother who had to make changes and getting used to sharing with another child.

My husband and I was so overwhelmed when we met our new grandson. He was almost close to a year old when we first got to hold him for the first time. I have a lot of time to catch getting to know my new grandson. His name is Christian and he was born premature so he had to stay in the hospital for a few weeks. His older brother is name Gage. "Wow"! are they both like night and day. Gage is is loud and very active where Christian is quiet and less active. Gage has so many kinds of food he don't like to eat where Christian will eat anything and everything that his mommy puts on his plate. His older brother now is a picky eater.

The two years we lived in Georgia it was a nightmare. Before we even decided to move to Georgia we did pray about it for weeks. The Lord gave us signs not to move but yet and still my husband and I did not do God's Will and more or less overlooked those signs. Week or two weeks we made the final decision I have taken a walk down behind a grocery store that was close near our home we were moving from and broke down in tears. In my heart I did not want to leave and I did not want to be separated from my grandchildren that I was leaving behind. Christian was not even born yet but I was so much in my grandsons Gage's life. I babysit him from the day he was born while his parents worked. I was a big part of his life before we took that big leap and that big change in life. When the day finally came it was really going to happen we were moving it became a reality. I left behind the most important people in my life and my friends. I knew we arrived in Georgia it was going to be a lot to get to use to. The two years we lived in Georgia I became very depressed and all that had happen to my husband and I while residing in Georgia, our home burglarized, our lives were threatened, and we had no support or nobody to lean on. It got real bad where I had a nervous breakdown and finally confronted my husband that I wanted to move back to my home state. We once again prayed and had to find ways to raise the funds up to move us back to the state I was born and raised.

I cried out to the Lord and walked out to my front porch of my home we rented in Georgia and sit down on a rocking that we brought with us and I prayed like I never prayed before and broke down, in my prayer I asked God to forgive us and provide the funds to get my husband and I back home. God heard my cries and he knew the situation we were in and he knew how home sick I was for my grandsons and my youngest daughter and her husband. Not only did he answer my prayer, He provide all the means to get us back home. It was a sixteen drive and God blessed my husband with the strength to do the drive ahead of us and God kept us safe. When we started our journey heading back home we drove straight through that is how much we wanted to leave Georgia and leave it all behind us. When we arrived to our destination we knew had to start all over again and over time we would healed from the trauma that Georgia southern folks put us through. I am not saying that we did not meet some southern folks who were all mean and disrespectful to my husband and I but the ones that traumatized us from the day we arrived in Georgia are the ones I want to forget and leave that memory behind me. I also have learned a great lesson what we had to go through and it had brought my husband and I closer and made our marriage stronger.

We been back to our home state now for six months and we live only an hour or so from our grandsons who I missed deeply. I could not wait to meet our new grandson Christian. We have our trials and tests here too, but we are close to family and that is what is important. question is: Will I ever want to visit Georgia or move back there again? "No! they only way I move down South again if it is God's Will and the plans he has for us. We are still yet recovering from out Georgia nightmare and our ordeal but our faith will get us through it. Right now at this time, the only thing we are thinking of is catching up the time we lost with our grandsons and our daughter. I finally realized one of the reasons the Georgia folks treated us the way did was because my husband and I were Yankees. Georgia is a little back in time where they hold grudges against Northern folks because of the civil war which we had nothing to do with it for it was before our time. I know this by fact this is one of the reason because a southern lady who we rented from told us this. My husband and I received more respect from the black American southern folks than we did from the white culture.

Since our return we have seen our grandsons twice and will see them again in two weeks for they coming to stay over night with us. I am looking forward to having them and be able to spend some quality time with them. We will be making more memories together. This would not all happen with out God's mercy. I give God the full credit and praise and I thank him every morning through out the day. We are where God wants us to be and what he provided for us. I don't worry about tomorrow for I know tomorrow will take care of itself and God's plans he has for our future is nothing but goodness. "I'm glad to be back and have the opportunity to share my story and update what has been going on in my husband and I life.

Psalm 31:24

I am strong and my heart takes courage, for I wait for and hope for  and expect the Lord!

Matthew 14;27

He spoke to them saying, Take courage! I AM! Stop being afraid!