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About Me

I am married to my ∞best friend∞.
We were friends before we were lovers. I think that goes a long way in our success. We've been married over 13 years and going strong!

I have 3 brothers and a sister. I don't see my brothers, but my sister and I are best friends. I can never see enough of Tena and my niece, Kendra (who's just made me a great aunt...I love you Keylee!). Talk about feeling old.
For for almost a year we were foster parents. There were great times and there were sad times. Tennessee DCS needs to change its treatment of foster parents, and hopefully its treatment of my husband and myself.Although we have been deemed as not being foster parent nor adoptive parent material by Tennessee DCS, we are still holding on to the hope of giving our hearts and home to one or more of these children. The system that is in place needs to be there, however changes need to be made, and both foster parents and children need to be treated individually instead of like numbers in a file.
There is a very real need to make safe havens right inside our homes for the children. Tennessee kids (and kids all over our country) need loving and supportive foster and adoptive parents! Children, no matter how old they are, need to have a home that gives them roots to grow and wings to fly!
Here is my Space for foster parents, come over for a visit!

The Fostering Parent

My Interests

..For those I can't put in my slideshow:.. ..You are gone from my home,..
.. but You are never forgotten,..
.. You will always be my children...

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-- Things I enjoy in life...
Things I endeavor to be... --
Being In Love

Being A Good Foster Mom

Cooking - currently learning Chinese

Cross-Stitching

Being Thought of .... even after I'm gone

Reading

Being Remembered on my Birthday

Computer Graphics

Listening to my music -- undisturbed

Being ignored when I'm singing off-key

Writing

Being Known and Loved for Me

I'd like to meet:

Our Future Children who we are going to adopt.

Keith Urban

Diamond Rio-I Miss You Geryal!

Music:

Keith Urban

Diamond Rio

Westlife

Rascal Flatts

Natalie Grant

but also....

Journey

Hall and Oates

Chicago

Anastacia

Nancy Wilson

Movies:

My favorite movie of all time is:
It Happened One Night with Claudette Colbert
and Clark Gable.
Another favorite movie of mine is:
Benny and Joon with Mary Stewart Masterson
and Johnny Depp.
Another movie that absolutely charmed me:
Serendipity with Kate Beckinsale.... and John Cusack
More Favortites:
Frequency
High Road to China
Nothing in Common
Breakfast at Tiffany's
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
A Simple Twist of Fate
Favorite Actresses:
♠Katherine
Hepburn
♠Audrey
Hepburn
♠Ashley
Judd
♠Kate
Beckinsale
♠Madeleine
Stowe
♠Bess
Armstrong
♠Lucille
Ball
♠Dakota
Fanning
♠Halle
Berry
♠Kate
Hudson
♠Bette
Midler
♠Lucy
Lawless
♠Sissy
Spacek Favorite Actors:
♥Dennis
Quaid
♥Andy
Garcia
♥John
Cusack
♥Matthew
McConaughey
♥Keanu
Reeves
♥Kurt
Russell
♥Tom
Selleck
♥Cary
Grant
♥Denzel
Washington
♥Johnny
Depp
♥Tommy Lee
Jones
♥Morgan
Freeman
♥James
Dean

Television:

Forensic Files

CSI (the original)

Doc

Dr. Phil

Supernatural

Heroes

Nancy Grace

Books:

My bible of course!

V.C. Andrews
(esp. the vintage stuff before she died and the ghost writer took over).My favorite series is the Dawn(Cutler) series and it was during the creating of this series that Ms. Andrews died. It has always been a mystery which book(s)in this series are the ones that her ghost writer finished.I believe it was the last book because the style is different.

Ann Rice
(though I am just getting started). I tend to like her novels on witches rather than the vampires!

Dorothy Garlock
(who writes great historical romances... and I don't read Harlequin or that other stuff... but she is right on target with her history and you feel like you are there... and the lady actually puts interesting plots in her books).

Heroes:

Jesus Christ

My grandparents
Lillie and Steve Hoskins

My husband

Jesus saved my soul..
Billy saved my heart

My foster kids,
current, past, and future.
U kids are always in my heart.
Thank u for letting me
be your mother!
It has been an honor @-->

My Blog

Lexis progress

Thanks to all who prayed for Lexi and who are keeping her in their thoughts. Right now she's still got pretty bad eyes, and they don't appear to be worse, but not much better. I don't see any moistnes...
Posted by The Essence of Him on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:05:00 PST

Update on Lexi - Good News!

Okay, Lexi is being a brave trooper. She is getting very socialized (I just wish it was through visits to our friends at the animal hospital and not appointments).... But... she is getting drops in he...
Posted by The Essence of Him on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:46:00 PST

Insomnia and restlessness

Just a quick scribbling on the keyboard to get my feelings out before I hit the sack at 3:30 in the am. A couple of years back before I married my husband, a dear friend of mine passed away. He was to...
Posted by The Essence of Him on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:54:00 PST

Lexi’s in trouble -- please pray for my four-legged girl!

Most of you know that we lost our German Shepherd just a little over a year ago. We adopted a new German Shepherd named Lexi. We found out pretty early on that she had not experienced the best of life...
Posted by The Essence of Him on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:44:00 PST

I Thought You Knew -- by Keith Urban

I Thought You KnewKeith UrbanI thought You knew, guess I assumed to muchI don't know how, but now wheir so far out of touchAnd I never planned, to so miss understandBut what you needed, you never aske...
Posted by The Essence of Him on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:24:00 PST

My Cousin David RIP

I just found out my cousin David died last night of a massive heartattack. I don't understand how someone 36 years old could die of a heartattack. Please pray for his mom and dad, sister, and above a...
Posted by The Essence of Him on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:44:00 PST

Just had to share... more reasons to be pissed at DCS

I know I've been quiet on the homefront here. Received several messages from friends worried about my quietness... it's been a tough 2 weeks. So pull up a chair and let's share.The house in in disarra...
Posted by The Essence of Him on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:34:00 PST

Really Weird Visitor Today

Ok, I need my friends' opinion about something. We had a really weird visitor show up on our doorstep today. This nice car pulled up and parked in our driveway. This nice looking, young, and very well...
Posted by The Essence of Him on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:39:00 PST

Angels and Devils Food Cake

Ingredients Cake: 1 cup cake flour (about 4 ounces) 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, divided 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar 1/4 teaspoon salt 12 large egg whites...
Posted by The Essence of Him on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:19:00 PST

Child Abuse: Out of the Darkness: July 10 - watch on tv or online NOW

This is available for viewing NOW. You don't have to wait until July 10th. This is very powerful and a good video to watch. Join WTCI when it airs CHILD ABUSE: OUT OF THE DARKNESS, a forum on child ...
Posted by The Essence of Him on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:27:00 PST