Remarkable People

We all have them, the people who have touched our lives and hearts in ways that we can never repay. For me there have been several: my mom, my grandma, my aunts, my best friend. I am sure the list for yourselves is just as great. There are two people in my life though that I feel I owe a great debt of gratitude for. Please beware this may be a tad mushy, for those of you who go into shock with great sentiments you may want to stear clear. Anyway I guess I should maybe start with a story. I was born into a catholic family, went to CCD all throughout elementary and high school and was confirmed as a Catholic but never really felt a deep connection with God, never really knew that to get into heaven you had to accept Jesus as your savior. Now I always believed in God, always believed in Jesus but just really didn't have some of the necessary basics down. Throughout this period of time though I had the fortune of meeting some amazing people, the Grantham's, who I ended up babysitting for since Brody was about one so yeah its been a long time! Anyway to make a very long story short after my grandma died I was really lost, searching, wondering, sad and missing her a lot. That is when Cindy asked me to go with them to Disney World with all of her family plus all of her brothers and sister's families as well. Needless to say that was an amazing trip (so fun!) and I was able to really connect with more members of Cindy's family. That summer I ended up babysitting for Kristi all summer and all through that next year as I decided I couldn't go back to Aberdeen after my grandma had died and needed to just kind of take a year to decide where I wanted to be. Anyway through all of this process I got a lot closer with both Cindy and Kristi and got to know them more as people, what they were about, what they believed, the strong sense of faith they have and it all just overwhelmed me and made me want to be more like that, happier, more loving and caring, just a better person. In about January of that year I went with Cindy and Wesley to Financial Peace which was the starting point of me finally coming to church and accepting Jesus as my savior. Now you may think that is the gist of this story, but unfortunately (since I know this is going really long, sorry bout that) that is not really what I wanted to talk about, I just had to get the background info out of the way. Through all of this amazing journey Kristi and Cindy have been there for me more than I can ever repay. I have never really had a strong christian example other than my grandma and even she practiced her faith in a different way, didn't read her Bible but had a very strong faith in God and Jesus. Cindy and Kristi have pushed me to be a better person and a better christian and I am eternally grateful that they took a chance on me, trusting me with their children and loving me even though I didn't know Jesus. To some of you this post may seem unnecessary and overdone but I think that we need to tell the people who have helped us beyond measure that theyve done so, because otherwise they may never know. They have always been there to answer my questions, ease my fears and push me to be stronger and do better. Thanks guys for always believing in me and loving me through it all, you guys are the best! (okay mush is over, thanks to those of you who pushed through!!! :D lol)