Good Morning!

It is an amazing day here in the Sierra Mountains of Northern California! The sun is shining, birds are singing and today is going to be a day full of family and friends gathering and sharing together!

We have softballs, gloves, and bat going with us, fishing poles and bait going with us, lots and lots of food, and there will be a small army of friends and family there too! It's a BBQ! Boy have I ever missed these~ last summer I was missing my Mom so much that gatherings like this just took to miuch energy. This year I am refreshed and know it is time to get out there and DO THINGS!

This is my husbands first experience with me being excited about getting out and doing things :) poor man. Lucky for me he is amazing and easy going enough to just go with the flow and let me be manic! I still stop, take a deep breath and thank God for bringing my husband to me. Who knew there was someone that perfect for me out there?

Once upon a time, I just knew that Ron was my soul mate, the person I should be with, the one for me... He had all these characteristics that I just adored and wanted in my life. I ignored the negative things about him. Pretended they didn't exist. Every now and then, they would refuse to be ignored and that is when I would shut the door on a relationship with him. He was a master manipulator tho... and he would reel me back in.

In September 2008, I knew it was over. But I was pregnant... and so I allowed him in my life despite my desire to not have him around. He made tons of promises, told me how he loved me and wanted to be with me, and on and on... yet all the while he was living with his wife. I would fall for it for a short time and then get my feet back and tell him off. This went on until May 2009.

When he was arrested...

God intervened~ He put on the wife's heart the conviction to turn Ron in even though there was a part of her that didn't want to. She withheld the information she had for a time because she was stuck in a place in her relationship with him that prevented her from doing anything beyond protecting her relationship with him. I hate to have to admit it, but I was in the same place with him. Although I had seperated emotionally to some degree, I made excuses for his bad behavior and ignored things that should have been BIG RED FLAGS.

That night, May 29th 2009, I was set free from this man. Emotionally and physically.

That left the door open for God to bring my husband into my life...

And now... we are on our way to have a funderfull day together!