So I was contemplating on whether or not to start a blog, but I always wait on answers from a higher power. I knew when the timing was right, I’d be ready. So that Lil Angel whispered, “you have so much to share”, and I do!! Lol. So that was my sign to get to work!  Now before I begin, I want Everyone to know, that these are “my” thoughts that I’m writing!  I’ve been through a lot in life, and I have a little wisdom about it. If you gain anything, good, if you get a laugh, great, and if you share, wonderful!  Comments will make it more entertaining, and if you have something to share, please do!

So my 1st official blog: If I knew then, what I know now.. what would be different.  The answer at the end will surprise you… So how many times have we made that statement?  Normally when we made a major screw up, or if our kids screwed up!  But what is it that you know now, that you didn’t know then?  We knew wrong from right didn’t we?  And if a few of you had parents like mine.. I’m sure you knew the difference. But did it really matter?  Let’s be honest, we knew right from wrong, but wrong seemed so much more fun at the time!! LOL. I can think of a number of times I had a choice, and I chose what I knew wasn’t right! Only because I knew that the most fun, was with the most wrong! If you’re laughing right now, or saying..”girrrl I know that’s right”, you feel me!!

Life was designed to be a mystery.  It wasn’t meant for us to know what it holds, what lies at the end, what’s in the middle, or how long we’ll live in it. What’s exciting and magical about life is, “what’s next?”  We go through so many changes in life to get to the “what’s next”.  What’s next is always the answer to good and bad.  If you’re having bad luck, you say, “what else can happen” or good luck, “what’s gonna happen next?’ Who knows.. “NOBODY”. I can recall saying so many times to my Baby Girl, if I knew then what I know now, we’d be rich!! But really..would we? What could I have done different? I would have had to complete the circle of life I’ve completed, to even begin to accomplish then what I have now.  In life, God puts us through a world storm.  We never know when a storm is coming, or how long the storm will last.  But when the storm is over, you look back at it and say..WOW.. Thank you!  But as soon as you think, you’ve gotten ahead, here comes a Tornado..again.. and guess what?  You survive it..again.. “Thank You!”

So do you ever wonder why we go through so much when we try to do the best we can? Well you can’t do the best you can, until you can go through the storm, and come out of it. Once you’ve been through a storm, and you had to fight the wind, rain, hail, all the debree  that comes along with it.. you’ve learned to fight, and you’ve become stronger, and wiser. Then you are a little more prepared for the next storm. The more storms you go through, the stronger you become! So in case I need to break down “storms”, they are things that happen in your life.. I lost my 1st love at age 13, that was my Mom. That was my 1st big storm, and I didn’t think I could survive it. But little did I know, I would become a Mini-Mom for my brothers and sisters and really understand unconditional love. I lost a true love at age 20, but I became a Mother to his son, and also my 1st son, who was my true, true love.. By going through a storm, God gives you something rewarding at the end. The bigger the storm, the greater the reward.

Now to answer the question I asked in the beginning.. If I knew then, what I know now, what would I change… Absolutely nothing!  Why? Because it took everything I knew then, to get me to where I am now.  If I had never been through anything, I wouldn’t know anything. Life is so funny, and God is the funniest comedian of them all.  Just when you think you have things figured out, there HE comes with another joke that will trip you out! So just live your life everyday, and expect the unexpected to always happen.  Because that is where you get your wisdom.

I hope you enjoyed my 1st blog.. I have so much to share, and my goal is to share life with you as much as I can. I want to send encouragagement to our young adults letting them know.. it does get hard.. but don’t give up. You’ll be rewareded for everything you go through as long as you do it right!

Until tomorrow..

Love and hugs from Mommie Teresa