Hello!
A little about me...
I am 37 years old and I have 3 awesome kids. My son Victor is 15, my oldest daughter Grace is 9, and my youngest daugter Eva is 8. Eva is adopted from Guatemala. I brought her home from Guatemala when she was 9 months old. I visited her there when she was 3, 5, and 7 months. I LOVE adoption and am so blessed that God led me to be her mom.
First and formost I am a Christian. I would have NO life worth living if I didn't have Christ in my life. My life has not been easy, but I would not change anything about it because it has given me the relationship that I have with God. During the hard times I drew close to Him, and I know He has drawn close to me.
My father died when I was 2 months old and my stepfather of 9 years (the man I called Daddy and loved as a father) left us when I was 12. We grew up pretty poor, but it has only made me appreciate all that I have today. My mother tried her best, but was pretty abusive at times. She was from an abusive situation too and wasn't strong enough to do better. (She is very sweet now, just had a hard time raising three kids going through all she went through.)
I married my high school sweetheart and suffered the biggest heartbreak I could ever imagine when we divorced.
I am now married to one of if not the very best person I have have ever known. We've been married 11 years this month. He is the most generous and loving and caring person I have ever met. He is the very best father I could imagine for my kids. He has healed SO many wounds from my past. We love to travel when we can afford it!! I've been to lots of great places...Greece, Africa, Italy, Mexico (on a mission trip), Guatemala, Hawaii, St. Lucia, Jamaica, and I am sure I am leaving out a few!
A year and a half ago my husband made one of my biggest dreams come true by letting me get a horse!!!!! I have a Quarter Horse named Phoenix that I love oh so much!
I have 3 best friends that are human, and three that are animals. Guess I'm pretty lucky!!
My hobbies include reading (I read about 30 novels a year, sometimes more), dollhousing - here is a link to some of my dollhouse projects
Pirategirl2006's photos and albums on webshots, training my horse using Parelli, loving on my Yorkies, and photography.
I am a stay at home mom...it is the best job in the world! I also volulnteer as a youth coach to the middle school and high school kids. I've been doing that for 14 years. I love those kids!!
I used to be more focused on fitness and my appearance, but have unfortunately let that slack a little!
In some ways it is very freeing. I used to not be able to leave the house without makeup on and worried about every little extra pound. I do need to get back into shape though as I want to live a long healthy life!!
Wow, that is a novel!! I guess I should have started by saying it is "a lot about me!" Sorry.... (p.s. I have pics of my Yorkies and my horse on my profile page. And a pic of me too.)
I'm loving reading this thread....so much to learn about everyone!!