A Day at the Circus

Last Sunday a co-worker of Eric's had 3 extra tickets to the Shrine circus at Timmons Arena at Furman and invited us to go. So, we took off to church just for Sunday school and then left so we could be in Greenville and have eaten by 1:30 to meet them to go in. This circus is great just cause what they are raising money for and right now with them talking about closing the Shrine Hospital for the children I am really glad we got to go and give a little money. I hope to never have to go there with one of my children but if something every did come up it would be nice to have somewhere like that close to home.. There is not alot of animals at this one just tigers, elephants, dogs and a snake but they have some talented people putting on shows.
It was nice to meet Eric's co-worker Mitch and his family and also to finally meet Carson (his son). They had came over one day to get fire wood and they played and I was not here and then Eric took him to his b'day party the day of the Grand Prix race and Day6 auction night while I stay to help set up the auction so since then I have heard Carson constantly. Tyler is a year older but they seem to get along great, hopefully we will be getting together some for them to play... The first half of the show they didn't really talk to each other but the second half they were having a ball together. Here is a slide show of the circus.. Now there is a couple of pics in here that it is a good thing that we went w/ Mitch cause Tyler has wimps for parents, when you see the pic you will know which one I am talking about.

Teenagers

I have been reading everybody Lesson's From Mommyhood" and they are all sweet and I really wish I had done something like that when mine were little. But I have always said joking I need to do one a teenagers view... Don't get me wrong I do have some great boys and I am really bless they are healthy and they are not into drugs, drinking, I know where they are for the most part. They go to church without me pushing them to go and they love to go. They have given their life over to our Lord and Savior and can tell me about the bible. Yes, they are really good boys especially for other people but...................

With one you get laziness, yes all 16 yr old can be lazy but this is beyond laziness. When he is at home he rather play on the playstation or lay in his bed and watch tv. When you do get him to do some kind of activity you hear the complaining constantly that he is tired and his legs hurts. We ask him to do chores, yeah is that not just terrible I make my kids do chores how hateful can I be... but anyway when we ask him to do something he huffs, stomps and makes those sigh comments under his breath (yes, I use to do this too but not about chores that was a must in my house).. Now, you could call him up to do something and we would be right there to help you. He is a very smart, very talented and he learns things quick but our battle is to get him to apply himself and put an effort towards things. He could be an all A's & B's student but he rather not do homework and just pass w/ the test grades and some classwork to makes B or a C which is still good but if you can make an A it is really not that good. He is very self center just like most kids but his goes to the point that he doesn't put an effort toward reaching out to other people he just waits for you to come to him and he once you do he is the friend that always waits for you to come around... Now, I have been told I am to hard on him and yes I do agree with that at times but like this battle we are doing now...We bought him a car last year for his 16th b'day. He had always said he wanted a Mustang or a Honda Civic well I wast not getting Mustang for his first car and I really wanted him to have a truck or suv but at the last minute on the day we were out looking we found him a 96 Honda Civic that seem to be in good condition and we were for sure he would love it beside it was a stick shift so we took the money Eric and been saving up for a truck and we bought it straight out so I wouldn't have to make a car payment. Oh course when he got it there were things wrong w/ it that he pointed out.. color, wheels don't match, radio doesn't work, has a dent on the hood and he wanted some kind of light kit for it.. oh well at least it is not a 68 bug all orange inside and out w/ no place for a radio, runs only have the time and has a piece of plywood in the back floor board covering up the big hole.. yep my first car but it was a fun and memorable car..lol.. anyway, month after school started and he has had his restricted license he got pulled over going to FCA (oh all things) on morning for speeding and that ticket was $185 which he paid and took 4 points. Yes we continue to let him drive, I do pray everyday that he learn his lesson... Anyway, about a month ago the car broke down and we placed the transmissions, the clutch and rear oil seal so the money Eric had saved up again went back into Ryan's car to fix so he is still driving the brown truck that really needs to retire.. I know as parents these are our responsibility but I am also trying to teach him the value of the dollar and some responsibility. He had a job up until last Friday and he got fired for having his phone out again 4th time so the spending and gas money is not there anymore. We have told him ALL week he needed to put an effort into getting a job. 1st day excuse all the places were close and no gas but still had gas to drive to a friends house, bk back to the friends out and to another one and home by the way we live in the center of everything in westside, 2nd day everybody but 1 was on-line, 3rd I do remember I think he said he didn't have time and he forgot (spring break only 1-3 is he doing something) he did go finally after having to be force to went to 2 places, 4th day I have totally forgot what the excuse was and then finally on the last day he went to 3 places got applications, forgot to get one at another and another was online.. Now today he still has those apps here they are filled out but not turn in. My child is the one that wants the fun job and is to good for the first job for teenagers. Heck, I want a fun job too where I start at the top but I haven't found it yet. He wanted to go to Denny's to meet some friends and had no money and ask me for nope, is my answer gave him $20 Sunday and he spent it on 1 meal not getting anymore and he also got his last check and it is gone He does have an interview Monday so hopefully he will get his spending and gas money back... We pay his phone, his insurance so he can at least handle those too and we do help him w/ gas since he hauls the other around and Eric drives his car. Like I said he is a good kid and I love it when he people complaint me about him and my heart is bless and tears to come to my eyes when I see him up there on Wednesday with the youth and Sunday with the adults playing his heart out and singing for the Lord. By the way, the guitar was one of the things he picked up quickly and he does put the effort into it.

Now the other one he is just my rollercoaster kid..You are lovin life with him one week and then you hit that big dip and you are ready to loose your insanity... He is a sweet, funny, cute kid but he also likes to be the class clown, wants to see how far he can push you, calls you names but not in a mean cruel way just in a joking way but never knows when to turn it off.. He has always been momma's boy and I have spoiled him for so long cause we was only 2 when me and his daddy split, he has had a busted lip, almost got hit by a car can honestly say that was a day that I knew God was with us it could have been bad, he had a terrible first year of school due to a teacher (no I am not taking up for my kid even his 1st grade teacher told us this and other people, he had a teacher that best friend didn't care for me so she took it out on my son), he has a speak problem so I have always let things go with him when I told I should have been consistent on sticking to my punishments. Our battle with him is getting him out of middle school, I get a call or email weekly from one teacher about his behavior taking out in class, getting up and walking around when he shouldn't, not doing his work. He is making a high C in this class cause he pass the test but doesn't do the work. First she had him a lower math level for next year, I over rode that and wanted him to go up to the next level, then last week she told me he believes he needs to be in a higher level of math. The kid is bored in class and he is disturbing the rest of the class in the process so that is the reason for the emails and phone calls constantly. The other 3 teachers 1 has only email in the past 6 months cause of his grades (he doesn't like science but wants to be a rectional therapist go figure), one I have never heard from and the other was a call to tell me how proud of him she was she gave them so many books to read in a time and he had triple that amount. Yes, he LOVES to read and actually gets books taken away from him class cause he is reading instead of doing the work. This week has been good cause of spring break and I am hoping the rest of the year we will be riding up hill on that rollercoaster cause we had hit the BIG dip that takes your breath away, don't think I can do that again..He too is a great kid beside wearing the same socks almost everyday until I gag and make him wash them, he has to be force to take a shower, change clothes and brush his teeth. Don't laugh or gag cause one day you too will be doing this with your teenage boy almost all my friends with boys the same age are dealing with this problem. At least Ryan does shower daily. Stephen is the kid that tells me I am pretty, he loves me, hugs me, when I am sick he takes care of me, he helps me with Tyler, he doesn't back talk the chores heck he does the trash without you asking him too.. Just got to get him serious about school and also control the mouth..

Now, are you looking forward to teenagers??? All I want for is that boys are look at with respect, kindness, compassion that people see the love of the Lord in them. I want for them happiness, for them to succeed in life more than I ever have. I want the to have the things I didn't have (not material things). I want them when they have a family to be able to support there family and not have the heartaches I have endure. I have seen the life of the given of gifts, the life of where is our next meal coming from to the life of just getting by and I don't want my boys to every have to live like that again. I want them to be what they want to be, I want them to be hard workers and share their talents with others. So, I fuss and I am hard on them cause I want better for them. I do get frustrated cause some things are simple as 1,2,3 if you get in trouble for this you shouldn't do it again, if you are making bad grade just cause you don't do homework or class work then do it, and what you give to others is what you will get in return. They are good boys just typical teenagers and I am trying my best to figure this all out. A friend told me once that you are doing a good job when your child tells you they hate you and they want to move out so I guess I am doing something right, hate me now, love me later..I didn't have a real mom figure to go by so I am relaying on God, prayers and friends to get me through these years... By the time Tyler hits them maybe I will be better prepare..

Extraordinary Women

I look so forward to women's conference and going and worshiping w/ thousands of other ladies. I really look forward to Extraordinary Women conference in Greenville cause I get to spend it with a special blessing of a friend Tammy. One of the perks is Tammy get the suite seats and it is free but I would still pay just to do this with her... . I really believe that we met for a reason. Our story is we started working at Guardian Building Products on the exact same day for the same job and we had to go through training that day. So at lunch time the ladies training us told us to be back in a hour and we were both walking out and one of us ask the other if we wanted to have lunch together. Well, me and Tammy are both talkers and we were telling each other who we were and she mention she had gone to Dorman and I told her that my husband had too, she stop and look at me and said Glover as in Eric Glover and I was yeah well come to find out her and Eric use to hang out alot and had been really good friends. The mystery girl in the pic had just came to life and after 5 years has became one of my special blessing of a friend. We now get together as family and hang out but this weekend of Extraordinary Women is our weekend that we go and worship together, we encourage each other, we are there for each other it is just a wonderful time and I love every minute of it...

On Friday night it was Chondra Pierce and if you have never seen her go see her any time she is around or if nothing else get her DVD she is FUNNY and her facial expression are just as funny. Then that night was the Newsong concert which they were really great. Of course they did Christmas Shoes and there was not a dry eye in that place. It was good to hear them and not have my teenager telling they are not good and this comes from a 16 yr old that you can't understand most of his music.lol

Also on Friday night Charles Billingsly lead the worship a he had some back up singers that he just said sister from Greenville. When the girls were on stage I notice one look like Kim Lord but was like nah, then they put the camera on her I was like wow if it ain't she got a twin so I ask Holly cause she was there and closer and she said yeah it was Kim and her sisters and they had a band called Sisters and I was like wow that is cool they get to sing back up for Charles. But the cool got cooler and was a WOW Kim and her sister's sang a couple of songs just them and Kim even talked and the last song they did 7,000 women (or more) stood to their feet was just clapping away. I felt so bless cause even though I don't know Kim personally it just warm my heart to see all of this. Saturday there were women asking Karen Kingsburg booth where the Sister booth was. I over heard people talking about how great they were and wondering if they were going to be back on Saturday. Sadly they weren't but be looking for Sister and go and see them...

Saturday we went back at 7:30am and we got to hear Charles again. He does a great job getting you and going that early. First up was Karen Kingsburg and she told some of the same stuff as she did on Thursday night, she opens up about her life and just is really great. Then Angela Thomas spoke and she is from Mt. Airy NC and she sounds it. She was truly my favorite and I don't think there was a dry eye when she was done. She had women standing up that have been through different trails and had the grace of God to bring them out of it. The presence of the Lord was truly in that place as she did her prayer and altar called. It was a great emotional release. Thank goodness after her it was a lunch time and we rode over to Olivia Garden w/ 2 girls Tammy works with they had VIP parking so we could leave and not have to pay to park again and we didn't have to fight the crowd for the expensive food. We got back and heard Michelle McKinny Hammond which I missed the first year and heard that she was great and after seeing her she was another favorite to me. Kathy Trocolli gave a mini concert and share some with us and then Stormie Omartian wrap up the day. Now I love all her Power of A Praying... books I have the wife, woman, parent, Prayer that Changes Everything but I have a hard time following her cause she is fast nervous talker but she has great things to say.

Now, what did I get out of the Free To Be Real weekend...
Chondra- We are all P-R-E-T-T-Y in God's eyes cause he created us.
Karen- God is the author of our life and everybody we come in contact is a charter in our novel that he place there. Roman 13:2 and John 10:10 time can be a thief in our life take captive of every moment. Sunshine is just beyond the clouds

Angela- we need to stop going through life with squity eyes. We need to have the veil lifted out so we can see clearly. God restore, he never ignores2 Corn 3:13-18. We are free to show the glory of God.. Matthew 5:14-15 Shine for the dark world. If we sit there all the time worrying about our disappointments we will never see the blessings being brought to us. He knows our hurts but we keep going to the wrong places to have them satisfied. God is the only one that can fill us up.

Michelle- Just be real with God cause guess what he already knows he is just waiting on you to tell him and give it to him. Free to be real w/ God those tears will come back to haunt you, expose yourself to God. When you are truly free you can not be broken unless God breaks you. We should go to church to give God the glory and praise him not what we are going to get out of it. Live a life of worship.. Esp 3:20

Stormie- nothing will change with out prayer and having an intimated relationship God. If you allow the Lord to change you he will use you. God wants to set us free. One way we can be in the presence of the Lord is through worship & praise and you can make those changes through prayer. Psalms 22:3.

It was a wonderful weekend and my prayer is that I will come to a free to real life and show the world the glory of God and praise and worship Him everyday.

Next trip Women of Joy

Ladies Night Out W/ Karen Kingsbury

Thursday night I Christian Supply to see Karen Kingsbury with 2 great friends Ree and Holly. I personally love Karen Kingsbury to which point I want to move to Bloomington, ID and be Kari and Ashley friend and hang out with the Baxter and Flanigan. I know it is sad but if you have not read any of her books you need too. The first one of the Redemption Series is Redemption and that is where the Baxter's start then that takes you Firstborn series to the Sunrise series which is where I am at. You can go to www.karenkingsbury.com to get a complete book list. Another great book is Let Me Hold You Longer. It is about all our children's first but not really knowing when the last time they will do something. It is really great, I am going to try and remember it for my boys when they leave for college. She also has a book called Lets Go On a Mommy Date and then she has one coming out called Lets Go On A Daddy's date. For the night we went and stod in line, heard her speak, took pictures and got autographns. She is really a super sweet lady and loves to meet her readers and talking to them. Christian Supply did a great job of making it a wonderful ladies night out and gave all the ladies a goody bag and a rose. I just didn't win the spa day, oh well maybe next time..lol..In about a week you can check out Karen's and I think Christian Supply website for pictures too.

Interview by Tyler

Stacy had this on her blog and I thought it was cute so I wanted to see what Tyler thought of his mom.


1. What is something your mom always says to you?
"That's easy... You love me"

2. What makes your mom happy?
Uh??? Me.... or when my brothers do the dishes.

3. What makes mom sad?
Um... when me, Ryan and Stephen make you frustrated

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
When you tickle me

5. What was your mom like as a child
I don't know, I wasn't here


6. How old is your mom?
41 or 42 yeah 41

7. How tall is your mom?
a little taller than the door...

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
watch tv...no,no, no cook, I meant love on me

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
watch tv or on the computer

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
doing nothing..no, no, no I think singing

11. What is your mom really good at?
working

12. What is your mom not very good at?
cook, no, no, no go to the grocery store

13. What does your mom do for a job?
getting money, don't you work at some abc place

14.What is your mom's favorite food?
chicken

15.What makes you proud of your mom?
being yourself

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Zelda

17. What do you and your mom do together?
sleep together

18.How are you and your mom the same?
our faces


19. How are you and your mom different?
our bodies

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
because you always love on me

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
nothing oh I meant you love him

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
Red Lobster

I type exactly what he said. I love how he said the first thing that came to his mind and then corrected himself. By the way, what do I do I actually pay people and not at the abc place but it is called OTO and yes, Eric goes to the grocery store and cooks mostly but that is by his choice.. I know by his answers he knows he is loved by his mom and I am bless by that...

Words By Brandon

This was in Brandon leaflet from the funeral and it was taken from his FB notes that he had wrote a couple of weeks ago while he was in India. If you have a FB page request to be his friend if it is set to private Brandon Scott McDaniel and read what has been written about him and his notes he had posted. Oh, I know they have blessed and challenge me..

India - Part 2.Share
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 2:58pm
God is working. God is moving. God is convicting. God is breaking. God is building. God is doing huge things and He is using the country of India to show me how real those things are. We serve a God that is active. We serve a God that convicts and changes lives all over the world in all types of cultures. He is passionate about His people and desires for them to know Him and to live their lives for Him. It is a beautiful thing.

Today, we had the opportunity to go to a training seminar called Tree of Life. It was for a church in this town of about 50 members. They met in a tiny building for the seminar and we were there to film and take pictures so that we could make a video for them to use to promote the program. Tree of Life is a training program that raises up disciples in specific areas so that they can be equipped to take the Gospel to the people in their community. This process is an incredible way to take the Gospel to the nations by training new believers in a specific community to lead others to Christ in their community. It is The Great Commission at its finest.

So in this training there were about 20 men that were being equipped to take the Gospel and the love of Christ to the people that were lost in their communities. The idea is to develop disciples, that will then make disciples, and those disciples will make other disciples, etc. It was great to experience and witness these brothers being trained and brought up in the knowledge of God and the Gospel. It was amazing to see the passion that was within them. The passion to take the truth and love of Christ to the ones that had yet to hear or had yet to receive. I could sense the urgency inside of them to get this truth out before it was too late. It began to convict me. I realized that I live my life without being as concerned about furthering the Gospel as I should be. I live my life as though I expect others to pick up the slack when I choose not to be urgent about the Gospel. I live my life as though God only suggested that we make disciples... and it's not just me. Most of you do it too. The thing is, we are commanded by God to make disciples.

"Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them everything I have commanded you."

The men in the training understood and committed to this commandment. They understood that a lost soul is an urgent matter and that there is no time to waste. As followers of Christ we have been blessed with life. Life has been spoken into us and we are all called to speak that life into others. The key word in The Great Commission is "GO." This is not a suggestion. This is not an option. This is not a "do this if you feel like it" kind of thing. It is a command. It is an order from the creator of life that has spoken life into us. I don't think we realize how severe this calling is.

We live our lives waiting on God to tell us to go when he has clearly already done so. Seeing the need in this country for more disciples that can share the love of God has opened my eyes to how important this is... how important it is to go. Without you, someone may go without hearing. Without YOU, someone may go without hearing of God's love! We cannot go day by day relying on and expecting others to take Christ to the world. We cannot continue to latch onto our comfort and our self-centered desires. We are clearly ordered and commanded to go. I believe that it is impossible to truly be a follower of Christ if this commandment is ignored because this is the main point in BEING a follower... to bring others to know HIM.

We have the life but we choose not to share it with those who need to hear. It is not a matter of how you can get there if it means distance for you. It is not a matter of why you should go because it is obvious. It is not a matter of whether or not you should because if there was ONE thing you should do and just one it would be to GO. It is a matter of where your heart is. Do you care enough to go? Is your heart for the world greater than your heart for yourself? Do you care enough to speak life into the lifeless? Hope into the hopeless? Healing into the broken? Love into the unloved? Someone cared enough to speak life into you.

It's very simple. Go. Make. Baptize. There is no excuse. We have been given all of the methods in doing so. Our heart will determine what we do with it. There is such a bigger picture than our safe and free America.

Go.

The lost is waiting.

The lifeless is eager to hear.

You have life.

What will you do with it?

Be precise in what you say and be BOLD in how you say it. It's time for the "followers" to be leaders and truly follow Christ. It's time to be urgent. It's time for disciples to be made. GO.

This was part of a comment someone had left:

its isaiah 50- the whole chapter. i particularly like verse 4 which says, "... Read Morethe lord god has given me a tongue of disciples, that i may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. he awakens me morning by morning, he awakens my ear to listen as a disciple."

i also really like verse 6 and verse 11. but i suggest that everyone just read the whole chapter. its really good. its one you can just study for a long time. :)

What will you do?

What A Week

I posted earlier how the week was up until Wednesday and it was already an emotional draining one.. The end of it has been better. On Thursday night I went and had dinner with a very dear friend of mine Robbie (I believe I posted about her in FB post). We have been friends since 4th grade her and her sister Ann were my best friends and they were my sisters we did everything together. Since high school me and Robbie talk about once year 6 months on a good year and the rest at least 1 a year. We have gone on and on about meeting for lunch and dinner and w/ my 3 and her 4 little ones all under the age of 9 it has been hard getting together. We finally decided to go Thursday night to California Dreaming and all I can say is she is honestly my lifetime friend we just picked up right were we had always been. We were sat and talked about our families, growing up, our deepest secrets and just laugh and I felt a few tears. We have agree to do this at least once a month and to stay in contact w/ each other more now. Maybe for April we will just meet for dessert or something small since we talked more than ate, which I did tell her we needed to meet every day for 2 months so I could loose some weight..lol

Then on Friday we were suppose to go to Saskatoon for a friends birthday but they had to cancel so Eric asked me out on a date and he plan for us to go to downtown to eat wings and then go listen to jazz on main but we didn't communicate with each other so great so the plans were not exactly like he had plan and I felt bad... First I left work 25 mins late, then I had to come home and change and freshen up for my date, I didn't realize he had not gotten Tyler and he was waiting on me to come home so we could do all the stuff we had to do before we left. Then we had to go and get Ryan's car and I wanted to check out the consignment sale at church that 4 great ladies put on and I thought he was getting the boys dinner so I stayed and talk for a few mins when I got home he was home already and I thought that was quick and when we came out he ask me if I got them dinner and I hadn't cause I thought he had. So now at 6:30 we are heading out and getting the boys dinner and gas so we didn't even head to Greenville until 7 at the time he had hope we would have been eating. Then we get to Wild Wings and they say the wait is an hour. We leave our name and walk downtown looking for others place to eat and about 30 mins later we go back and I ask the lady about the wait and she ask if I had a pager and I told her no, she said come on and she sat us down I hope we didn't break in front of anyone. But I am glad she did cause I messed up his night and I wanted him to eat where he wanted too. He is so sweet he was ready to leave downtown and go to Chili's my favorite place but I had insisted going back to Wild Wings to check on the wait. Glad we did cause the wings and the big fries were good...

Today I am cleaning something I have been needing to do for a while and then we are going to dinner with the Benson's can't wait to see all of them.. Stephen is already excited to the max to see Josh and so is Tyler (he LOVES this family)... It will be a great night...

My mind was on Brandon's funeral all day and I got home and read the leaflet that Ryan brought home (we let him stay out of school to go with Bucky to the funeral). I have to say I wish I had gone. It was a celebration of life and I would have love to have been there. One of the girls had left on his FB page that even at his own funeral he was leading them in worship and I can honestly see that. One day when I have time I am going to post what he had wrote in his own words that put in the leaflet. It might be on his FB from India, is it a great challenge for all of us..

I am almost finish with chapter 2 of Excellent Wife it was a hard long week to really focus on it..