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"The Queen of Quite A Lot Shall Love Forever the Mayor of Simpleton, This One Thing I Know As Well!"
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Being the proud mum of an ambitious golden locked nearly four year old princess-of-quite-a-lot,and the more than undeserving wife of a humble and ever loving Godly husband, I can truly say that I am blessed beyond measure, but have my days full of adventure. I have been battling a systemic illness for that past three years now and endured over a year of Chemotherapy with no remission thus far. It is very hard for me to not want to operate at full strength, just like the "entire" Vanessa should be able too, but with time, God will restore my vessel. Not only to the state it once was was, but better, thinner, stronger, and more capable of serving! There is no thievery here, that is what I have come to realize, the enemy has not taken anything from me; for I will not give him that satisfaction. And John and I will not be "restored" or reach a point of "where we were". We will be taken high above that status, and rewarded for our faithfulness in those midnight hours, for praying for those that have come against us, for reaching through the darkest of hours and holding strong to the One and only Prince of Peace. I truly feel that every person in my family has been affected by our trying of faith, from the moments of question when heart trouble could have been life or death...or just minor affects of my condition, to touch and go diagnosis' that could from one minute to the next change our lives. I thank God for a family that has supported and loved us through it all, no matter the cost. A Mom (even if she is not by blood) that loves me so much that she looked me in the eye and said "Honey, none of us will ever understand the pain that you have and are going through". That may seem like nothing to you, it may seem like comforting words on a whim, but knowing that my family cares and thinks that deeply is enough. Enough energy to make it through the next excruciating moment.My husband is my life, and caretaker of it... of course, God is the Giver of it all. He has been an absolute knight in shining armour...my prophecy come true! Katie, my daughter, is a vision of beauty and handful of drama. You truly cannot be in a state of depression or downheartedness around this child. She just doesn't seem to allow it. So my solutions for keeping my somewhat normal mind, yet not so normal body going is...well I've just let God have my mind and the Holy Spirit has filled it with unbelievable peace and joy that honestly seems like I've let the cheese slip off my cracker at times to some folks. But God does what He has to, to sometimes cleanse and purify us, heal and transform, and that journey is not always understood by those closest to us. On the light hearted side of things, I have plunged into my art which primarily was graphic design, but I decided that with using that as my medium, I have really become an avid scrapbooker. AND, NO! I AM NOT A CRAFTER! I hate that. I love creating artistic, archival worthy pages for legacy that will live, that allows me to use one of my other favorite arts, creative writing. Journaling the moments of our life, painting those memories with lavish language and witty banter (something my Hubbie enjoys contributing too, that and his unbelievable gift of photographic excellence, & thank you Leica) I am also going to start making a line of cards that I have been planning on for a long time. I am not sure if I am going to sell them via the internet or place them at some small boutique type shops around town. I have some ideas for marketing, I just want to pray about it and see where God leads. I teach Scrapbooking, Papercrafting as well as, "Praisebooking" crops when my body allows such. I love music, movies, trivia and truly love learning; just the mere absorption factor. We have been truly blessed by God's hand leading us to our new "Church Home". I have only been a member of 2 other church families that I can call home and still go back Home today, but I am so amazed by my church. It has been so long since we have been in the presence of such anointing and freedom for the presence of the Holy Ghost. Praise God for His Everlasting Love and Never Failing Grace, for without it...I would be nowhere!"The Proud Queen of Drama and the Mum of The Drama Princess"
