Here is what we learned this past year individually and as a family:
We also learned how NOT to sell a home, how to write a blog, how empowering it is to not have TV or Facebook, how to demand parental rights and read/write Senate bills and through God’s grace and a pure miracle -- 3 of the most important actually passed. We learned how to shut off our cell phones for extended periods of time in order to enjoy time on the porch and most important how to embrace a new perspective on everything that is truly important. It’s been a challenge doing everything society tells you not to do. It’s amazing what He has done in our family this year, each trial perfectly placed to remind us of the greatest joy and peace which can never be fulfilled here on earth. Standing up for something, being the ONLY ones, beaten down and bruised is the hardest thing we have ever done as a family. But if we don’t stand for something we will fall for anything, and I pray each person that reads this letter will dig in and ask yourself, what do you truly believe in? Do you believe the TV, the newspaper, your friend, Facebook, your neighbor, the politicians? Do you believe the Bible? Have you ever truly given the Bible a chance? Do you believe in Heaven? Do you believe in Hell? Then what do you believe? What legacy are you planning to leave for your children or your grandchildren? Is America still the land of the free and the home of the brave if everybody is too afraid to stand up for it? Aren’t America and your freedom worth standing up for regardless of the price? How about Jesus?
And now for the lighthearted stuff, the two gifts that truly test every bit of our patience as parents and the 2 main reasons why we choose to fight in the first place.
Logan’s future occupation will most likely be some sort of vacuum repairman considering the numerous amount of Lego’s, air soft pellets, and bb’s which our vacuum consumes regularly. If not, he may possibly be inclined to become a professional sports officiator (referee), he loves sports and competition. But he’s also 10 now and can call the shots! Mr. Big Shot…he understands when and how to demand an instant replay and he certainly knows the entire rule book backwards and forwards (know-it-all), most important he really knows how to bend them into his favor through gray areas (or is that a lawyer?), anyhow, he usually does his best to enforce the strictest flags and penalties on his sister until the league owner has to step in and issue all parties fines and punishments.
When Kendall grows up she will most likely become a Laundromat owner because she is known to change clothes a half a dozen times per day and is the official laundry queen of the house. Speaking of queen, she may become some sort of host for daily talk show because this girl can T-A-L-K, chat, blog, text, ask, answer, mingle, and socialize with the best of the best. Definitely a future talk show star! Even her teacher agrees, every single one…she steals the show for most talkative. She could quite possibly also become an artist due to her ingenious abilities to magically create admirable artwork with…..cereal boxes, toilet paper rolls, other miscellaneous trash, and those bright colored loom rubber bands. Her bedroom is very Duck Dynastyish, and every American Girl doll’s dream made with duct tape EVERYTHING!
In God We Trust