WHERE TO START? MY LIFE HAS BEEN SO UP AND DOWN IN THE PAST 2 YEARS THAT YOU CANT EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE IT...I WONT START WITH THE DOWNS...THEY ARE IN THE PAST AND GOD HAS MOVED ME FORWARD.BUT ITS MY TESTIMONY SO ASK IF YOU WANT TO....WHAT I WILL START WITH IS MY AMAZING HUSBAND!!! ELBERT R. COX.... NO WHERE IN MY WILDEST DREAMS AND PRAYERS DID I SEE HIM COMING! LITERALLY I TURNED AROUND AND THERE HE SAT... GOD ALWAYS WORKS IN HIS OWN TIMING- RIGHT ON TIME! I AM SURE WE WILL HAVE OUR UPS AND DOWNS BUT WITH GOD FIRST AND FOREMOST WE WILL OVERCOME ALL OF THE DOWNS AND HAVE MANY MORE UPS! FOR THOSE WATCHING US I PRAY YOU SEE GOD GLORIFIED IN OUR RELATIONSHIP MORE THAN ANYTHING.I AM A MOM OF SO MANY WONDERFUL CHILDREN BUT FIRST I WILL MENTION THE 3 I GAVE BIRTH TO AND LOVE WITH ALL MY HEART-MY BABIES I WOULD DIE FOR YOU ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!..JOHNNY MY OLDEST AT AGE 19- YOU MAKE ME SO PROUD EVEN WHEN THE CLOUDS ARE IN THE WAY I KNOW GOD WILL SHINE THRU YOU IN THE END. YOU ARE MY SONSHINE!TIM MY MIDDLE AT AGE 17- YOU MAKE THE GRAY CLOUDS TURN BLUE WITH YOUR FUNNY SENSE OF HUMOR AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU ALWAYS COME THRU WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE PUTTING ONE ON EVERYONE AROUND YOU. AND A HEART THE SIZE OF TEXAS!AND JAMIE MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER AT AGE 13- YOU ARE TRULY A PRINCESS, YOU MAY BE AND ALWAYS WILL BE DADDYS LITTLE GIRL ,BUTTERFLY KISSES AND ALL BUT YOU ALSO WILL ALWAYS BE MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BABY GIRL.THEY ARE ALL WONDERFUL, GODLY CHILDREN WHOM I AM VERY PROUD OF. AND THEN THERE ARE THE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN THAT LOVE TAKES MORE LETTERS TO SPELL THAN DNA FOR US..BOBBY-YOU CAME INTO OUR LIFE PUT THERE BY GOD ALONE. I WOULD NEVER TRADE A MINUTE SPENT WITH YOU FOR LIFE ITSELF. I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY! THROUGH ALL THE BAD TIMES IN MY LIFE THOSE NIGHTS KEPT ME ALIVE...ALL THE LATE NIGHT TALKS, ALL THE LAUGHS,ALL THE TEARS,ALL THE ARGUMENTS,ALL THE FEARS, ALL THE LOVE...NOTHING MORE PRECIOUS THAN THE WAY GOD ALLOWED ME TO SHARE MY LIFE WITH YOU...YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF OUR FAMILY!MIKE- YOU CAME ALONG RIGHT OUT OF THE BLUE. ROUGH ROADS AND ALL I WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED TO WALK THEM WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU.YOU HAVE MADE ME SO VERY PROUD! DONT YOU EVER FORGET THAT! I LOVE YOU WITH EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART!BRITTANY R.- ALTHOUGH I DIDNT HAVE TO CARRY YOU FOR 9 MONTHS I LOVE YOU AS YOU ARE MINE.I THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME THE PRIVILEDGE TO HAVE YOU IN MY LIFE! YOU HAVE BLESSED ME IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE...I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART!AND NEVER FORGET NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE OR HOW FAR APART WE MAY BE, I'LL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU.AND NOT ONLY DID GOD BRING MY HUSBAND INTO MY LIFE BUT WITH HIM HE ALSO BROUGHT 4 MORE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN! JUST WHEN I HAD BEEN BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE WITH CHILDREN, GOD SEES FIT TO PUT THESE 4 IN MY LIFE AS WELL!
JORDAN- GOD COULD NOT HAVE ADDED A MORE BEAUTIFUL GIRL TO COMPLETE THE GIRLS OF MY FAMILY! FOR SOME REASON HE CHOSE TO BLESS ME WITH MORE BOYS THAN GIRLS, BUT THE 3 GIRLS HE HAS BLESSED ME WITH ARE MORE THAN I COULD EVER HOPE FOR! THANK YOU FOR BEING "YOU" I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART!AUSTIN- RIGHT WHEN I THOUGHT I HAD MADE IT THRU THE BOYHOOD STAGE HERE YOU COME WITH YOUR 2 BROTHERS..LOL..BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY! YOU ARE REMARKABLE IN YOUR OWN WAYS AND I AM VERY PROUD TO BE YOUR STEP-MOM! I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS...DALLAS- AHH THAT CUTE LITTLE SMILE! EVERY TIME I SEE IT ,IT WARMS MY HEART. YOU ARE SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL NEVER FORGET THAT! YOU WILL ALWAYS HOLD A PLACE IN MY HEART NO ONE CAN EVER REMOVE!AND DAKOTA....MAKES ME SMILE JUST TYPING YOUR NAME.. :)
FIRST OF ALL YOU ARE ROTTEN TO THE CORE! IN A GOOD WAY! LOL..I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER BE ABLE TO IMAGINE. I AM SO HAPPY AND VERY PROUD THAT GOD CHOSE ME TO BE SUCH A BIG PART OF YOUR LIFE.AND NO..I DID NOT FORGET ALLEN...HES NEW TO THE HOME BUT STILL HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART...THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE..GOD HAS ALREADY USED YOU IN MY FAMILY IN SUCH A HUGE WAY AND I AM THANKFUL THAT HE BROUGHT YOU HERE! I LOVE YOU!! SO I GUESS THAT MAKES 11! LOL....AND THEN THERES THE REST OF THE YOUTH THAT I HAVE BEEN GRACED WITH THEIR PRESENCE! I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU MAY GO IN YOUR LIFE JOURNEYS..YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A HOME HERE AND A HEART WAITING; FILLED WITH LOVE FOR YOU ALL!!GOD HAS TAKEN US THROUGH MANY TRIALS..AND THE KEY WORDS ..HE HAS DELIVERED US THROUGH THEM! PRAISE BE TO GOD! WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE!KIM MATNEY- MY LIFE WOULD HAVE ENDED WITHOUT HAVING MY BEST FRIEND HERE TO HELP HOLD ME TOGETHER. JUST WHEN GOD KNEW WHAT I NEEDED YOU STEPPED RIGHT IN! THANK YOU FOR NEVER LEAVING MY SIDE. I WILL SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE TRYING TO THANK YOU AND SHOW YOU HOW PRECIOUS YOU ARE TO ME.ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW JUST ASK.MY LIFE IS MY TESTIMONY.
