I THINK SHE MAY BE AS PHOTOGENIC AS HER PAPAW!!!

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't been on in a bit but I havent been feeling well. If you hadn't heard I had to go back to the hospital and have 4 more stents put in (must be the Brooks in me). I'm doing fine now. I started cardiac Rehab today. It was very tiring, they made me do alot of exercise, I have to do this for atleast the next 2 months. I am hoping that I will be all healed so I can play softball this spring, I will still be coaching my other team but I want to play. I hope everyone is doing well and I hope to see everyone soon. Robin you can and need to call me sometime.

RANDOM THOUGHTS

SOMEDAY WHEN (IF) I GROW UP, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO BE AN ILLITERATE HILLBILLY PREACHER.

KNOW JESUS - KNOW PEACE

no jesus - no peace

HE SHAVED THE BEARD! HOORAY!!!

Be Kind

There's a saying that I keep getting in e-mails that reminds me to be kind to everyone as we are ALL going through struggles of one thing or another. Some of those struggles are overwhelming like a tidal wave destroying everything in one's life and then once the wreckage is visible and one sees what to do, sometimes, it can only be putting one foot in front of the other that makes that progress--little as it can be. It is still progress. Having said that, we visited Robin last weekend and took Pippa her new "prison"--we do hope that it's working out and that she is enjoying the privacy of having her own space instead of being in Robin's bathroom.
We'll check in soon.

I'M BACK!!!!!

Sorry that I haven't posted anything in awhile. My laptop has been in the shop getting repaired from where my eldest child had broke the hinges. anyway.... I've been working alot, we've been really busy which is a good thing considering the economy. Robin, I don't know what we can say or do to help you get through this terrible time. But I do know that you cannot blame yourself. Do not feel guilty about that night, PLEASE!!! chad was a grown man and he made a bad choice. He wouldnt want you to feel guilty about any thing he chose to do. Just please be strong hold your head up high and remember that there are alot of people out here who love you very much!!!

Cumberland pictures

Here are some pictures from our trip to Cumberland last October. I took a couple of cool pictures of the Chapel at the Pine Mountain Settlement School.

Happy Pics!

I have been meaning to get these pictures posted! They were taken on Christmas Eve. Jimmy and Angie brought their Wii and we all played and had a rip roarin' good time!

ROBIN

DEAR LORD,
WE NEED YOU TO WALK WITH ROBIN TODAY
WHILE SHE IS FRAGILE AND HER WOUND OF GRIEF IS DEEP.
HELP HER TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN HER LIFE
AND SHOW HER HOW TO LIVE AND ENJOY LIFE ONCE AGAIN.
AMEN.


DEAR GOD,
BLESS US ALL
GRANT US PEACE FROM OUR FEARS AND DOUBTS,
FROM THE TURMOIL OF OUR FAILURES,
FROM THE PAIN AND SUFFERING IN OUR SOULS.
ENDOW US WITH HOPE FOR THE DAYS AHEAD,
WITH COURAGE TO MAKE NEW BEGINNINGS,
AND WITH LOVE TO STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE TO LIVE.
AMEN.

ROBIN,
YOUR HEART IS LIKE A VESSEL, IT CARRIES WITHIN IT ALL THAT YOU ARE AND ALL THAT YOU WILL EVER BE.
GRIEF AND DEPRESSION ARE LIKE RUST UPON THIS VESSEL, AND IF LEFT UNTREATED, THEY WILL SURELY DESTROY IT.


I've had choices
since the day that i was born
there was voices
that told me right from wrong
If i had listened
I wouldn't be here today
living and dying
by the choices i made

-GEORGE JONES