I first came up with my nickname when I needed one while surfing the internet at 4:00 am during a long bout with insomnia. Now I feel it describes me as one who keeps kicking in spite of a lot of challenges.
I am happily married and become more happily married every day. My husband, Bruce, had a stroke 4 years ago and for awhile I really thought I'd lost my best friend for good. His mood and attitude had changed so much and when he came home from the hospital he came home with the idea that I was his enemy, constantly plotting against him to keep him down and keep him from his independence. It was a long hard struggle and the only thing that got me through it was my faith in the Lord and a few words of from a lady I considered a friend even though I hardly knew her. Her husband had suffered a stroke just a few months before Bruce did and even though I hadn't told her what I was going through she somehow knew and just said to me "It does get better". She was the first person who said that to me. All the medical people were only concerned with their sphere and so their prognoses were bleak at best. there were no reassurances there for me. Today, however, after a lot of help and many answered prayers, he is much better and we once again enjoy the time we have to spend together. He is retired now after a failed attempt at a return to work. Our financial troubles are working themselves out with some effort on our part and we are beginning to relax a bit at last.
We are empty nesters but occasionally our little chicks return for a visit. Our second daughter, Sarah, just left us for Lethbridge. She graduated from BYU-I in December and came home for a few months while she decided what to do next. What a joy it was to have her here!
Daniel will be home in a couple of weeks after serving a church mission for 2 years. We are soooo excited. He will be struggling for a bit, I'm sure, but he'll figure out what he wants to do next.
Megan has graduated from college and is now on the hunt for a job. It seems that when you have 4 children there is always one that is unemployed. today's economy doesn't help there, but things always seem to work out at least.
Faith is married to Rainer and they just recently both found themselves looking for work but the Lord provides and thankfully they were able to find work quite quickly and didn't have to go long without steady income.
My big challenge lately has been my fibromyalgia rearing it's ugly head. It doesn't bother me all the time although I always have some pain. but once in awhile I do too much and it gets bad. I've been pushing myself through it, though and hoping I don't regret it later. I still want to paint Daniel's room before he gets home and I have some other things I need to do as well.
I volunteer at Heart & Stroke doing data entry and receipt writing etc. I love to do it and get to work with a great bunch of people. In the fall and through to February I get paid to do telerecruiting for them. It's cold-calling looking for volunteers to do door to door canvassing for the campaign in February. I don't mind the work and it helps pay for christmas.
I also volunteer to do sewing for the Shakespeare Festival here every summer. It's fun and I get to see the shows for free. This summer we're doing Measure for Measure and The Taming of the Shrew.
I am very busy with church, which by far my favorite thing to do. I teach a group of 4 8-10 year old boys in Primary. I love them so much and we have a lot of fun. I also like to just look around there and see what little things I can do to help out. It keeps me busy and I love it.
So that's my life in a nutshell. Now on to the next part.
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