Purpose

Well it's Sunday. A day of rejoicing and rest. I won't be in church as I'll be working and playing Scattagories again. lol The patient I currently have on Sat and Sun has barely any speech from a stroke, and she's paralyzed and has Parkinson's. I spent 12 hours trying to figure out what she wanted to tell me and made out maybe 10 words if I was lucky. She has a 20 year old grandon who's supposed to be helping lift her, but he has horrible body mechanics. He literally dropped her on me yesterday. Thank Goodness I got strong legs. So it was interesting. But it was awesome that she wanted me to do her makeup. She did what she could but for the most part needed assistance and then she wanted to sit and look at herself in the mirror. For anyone that's worked with hospice, you tend to know that when they wanna break out their makeup and do their hair, their generally getting ready to go reunite with their family. When someone is saved, it's hard not to rejoice for them when they've been in pain. I often reminisce about my grandparent's and everytime I smell Irish Springs soap it takes me back to the day where my grandma bathed me in the sink. Oh how I can't wait to see them again. But for now, I know God has a purpose for me. We need to remember that we may not be perfect, but to someone we are and God made someone for everyone. God designed us all for a purpose. If you don't know your purpose, allow God to guide you. Sometimes it's really hard to let go of that control... I've been going through some personal struggles and I've been on my knees and I've just had to throw my hands up and tell Jesus to just take my life and guide me.
Stay in his grip,
Tori

Closing out another school year

I remember the first time in New Mexico that I walked Taryn and Travis to their little desks at Kindergarten. Now they are graduating with honors from 5th grade and moving on to Junior High. Taryn made flyer on the cheer team and Travis is trying out for football. Anna's kindergarten graduation is tomorrow and our Emma will be starting kinder in the fall. Gosh time flies!

My cousin Brie is coming to visit for the summer and we have so much planned. Heading to Charleston, Tampa, Disney and anywhere else we feel so compelled. I'm looking forward to spending time and bonding with her. I will post pictures.

You all have a great summer!

Happy 7th Anniversary Jay!

Can't believe we've been married 7 years. Four beautiful girls later and it doesn't even seem real sometime. Thank you for having me!

Peace in turbulent times

All the bad things going on in the world were starting to take a toll on me. Everytime I logged in to email I would see flashes of Yahoo news, or everytime I went in the break room at work the news would be on. I started to feel anxious and nervous. But then I thought about how I'm saved and I'm ready. I have a huge sense of peace and security. I will never suffer, I will never die. I have someone who loves me unconditionally. A lot of people are in denial that we are in the end times. Yes, we've had bad earthquakes, and bad tsunamis, and many bad things happen in the past, but the other prophecy hadn't been fulfilled yet. As of today, most if not all of the biblical prophecy has been fulfilled! It all depends on how you interpret it. Read Matthew 24. Are you ready? Are you committed? Are you in love with the Lord? I'd rather be in heaven with my children and never see them sick, and never see them die, then stay on this earth and watch us all suffer through the tragedy in the world! Now is the time to figure out where your at...

Good Luck Taryn and Travis!

Today Taryn and Travis compete in the state speech competitionn for 4-H. They were selected by the University of Georgia. They also both brought home "A" honor roll this period. We are very proud of them. Jay took them to their speeches in Americus, and I get to go see if Taryn made the list for Junior High cheerleading. I think I'm more nervous then she is. The kids sure do keep us busy, but it's all worth it.
The three little ones and I went to the park yesterday and picnicked with some Mickey D's. It was a beautiful day Not too hot and not cold. Brooklyn got to swing for the first time and loved it. While we were there, I met two other moms with six kids. It's nice to meet people I can relate to.
I've been working a lot, and it's a great ministry for me. I enjoy the people. It's also been a huge learning experience. I do have a few people on Hospice and I know it's going to be sad when they die, but it sure puts a new perspective on life and makes me appreciate being young and healthy. Guess there's not much more to report, other than Emma and Anna start TeeBall soon, and of course, Travis will be playing baseball. We are gonna be swamped. Our life is a beautiful Mess!! Hope you all have a wonderful week ahead!

How we serve!

I woke up today thinking about how I've missed our life group for the last three weeks. But then I realized while I was missing, I was serving in a bigger capacity. The people that I work for, need me on a daily basis and they have spent their entire lives serving others. It's time someone gave back. I thought to myself. Don't be the Christian that's so busy serving God that you lose your relationship with him. Serving 50 different spots at church doesn't make someone close to the Lord. Also, always take time out to know what's going on in other's lives because that's what were all here for. YOUR agenda is not important. We tend to get lost in the day to day, while someone else is struggling. I pray God helps me to continue serving others and not myself. I literally think I would go to work for free! I see how much these older people need me and realize were all in it together! Were all links in the chain. I pray that everyday I wake up, I'm thinking about what I can do to serve the Lord by helping others and to make a difference in someone's life!

Day 2 of the 30 day photo challenge

Me and Pic of the person I've been closest with the longest. Me and my two sisters! Nikki and Missy. I'm on the right!