My Hero

Glenda Mae Boyer
A brave strong woman, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter and friend.
Sadly she was taken from this world March 8, 2008
This woman was the strongest woman I have ever known.
When I was little she battled breast cancer. She lost her hair and ended up losing her left breast. She still fought with all that she had. She beat the cancer. She was embarrassed that she lost her hair. Out in public she would wear a wig that matched her hair perfectly. She used to wear it around the house until Papaw told her that she was still beautiful even without hair, so she became comfortable with no wig at home.
Mamaw was someone I knew that I could go to about anything. She was someone who would take my side in an arguement even when we both knew that I was wrong. She was the one I would run up the driveway from the car just to hug when we would go to visit.



Late summer of 2007, she was diagnosed with lung cancer. This was a huge shock for all of us because Mamaw had never smoked a day in her life. But being the person that she was, she put her faith in the Lord and again fought with all of the strenth that she had. She ended up very sick throught out her treatment. I remember one night when she was up here visiting, momma had to end up taking her to the emercency room because she would not stop throwing up. I was terrified. I had no clue what was going on with her and they wouldn't let me go with her.

She always told us that she would win this battle with cancer. In the end, she did.
On March 8, 2008, in that morning, Mamaw went to be with the Lord. When they did the autopsy, the results came back as cancer free. The radiation and chemo damaged her heart so much that she died of congestive heart failure. She did exactly what she said she was going to do, and that was to be cancer free again.
She is my hero because even when something horrible was happening to her, she did not give up her faith in the Lord and she fought with everything that she had in her.

 I want to be like that .

Facing the Giants

Facing the Giants is my inspiration.
Mainly because it shows me that I am not alone in my faith with Jesus Christ.
It shows that there are high schoolers that did not believe in Him but became to be believers. It is a really amazing and heart warming movie. It is based around the sport football. Which is also one of my favorite sports.
My favorite scene is the death crawl. Brock was blindfolded and pushed to go his very best down the football field. He kept asking how far he was but Coach would not tell him. Coach kept pushing him to do his very best. He also kept encouraging him, saying he was doing good and that he had more in him.

  this is the link to that part in the movie

It reminded me that even when I think something is to hard and I just want to give up, that I do have the strength in me to carry on and if I do not, well then I can call on to God for help and guidance.
IF you have never seen this movie, I encourage you to. Even if you do not believe, I think it will influence you in some shape or form. The first time I watched this, I was a non-believer. But now I call this my favorite movie and I am a believer since November 2008
Have a good day!!

Summer

Oh my gosh. Summer can not come any faster!! I can not wait until school is out. I will be able to pick up more hour at my work which will mean more money rolling in. Which that is a great thing, because the way my availability is set up right now with school stinks because I do not get to work as many hours as I would like to. But school is a main priority and is more important right now.
This summer I have a lot planned. My best friend is coming home Monday from college. She goes to Truman so I do not get to see her all that much. Which that is very difficult because she is like my sister and we used to be practically attached before school began. Before college started, if you found one of us you were bound to find the other one.
But I plan on going to Six Flags, Forrest Park, Towers Grove Park, the Zoo, getting my tattoo, spending tons of time with my friends and the two soldiers that are overseas right now and will be coming home this summer (CANNOT WAIT I miss them like crazy)
tata for now
Jackie

Victoria Rose Rhoten

Victoria Rose Rhoten was born April 4, 2012 at 11:13 P.M. (CARD'S OPENING DAY WHICH WE WON!!!)
She was 6 lbs and 12 oz 20 inches long

Proud Parents~ Sarah and Chris!!

 

I unfortunately missed her birth because of work and then school early the next morning. I was heartbroken. When I got the text message saying it was time, I started bawling. I had promised Sis that I would be there, even though she understood, I was still very upset.
Sis did an amazing job though. She had to have 2 epidurals. The first time, they did not put it in correctly. The nurse told her that she needed to stop being a baby about the pain. They did not understand that she was not getting any pain medicine and she has a very very low tolerance for pain. Finally, Mom got through to the nurse that she needed another epidural. When they came to give it to her, it looked like she had scoliosis because it was so far apart. Finally, the drugs went through and she was a lot better off.

I finally got to meet my niece on Monday. She is beautiful. I fell in love with her. She was asleep most of the time that we were there, which was for a good four hours. She had been up all night screaming. But she is perfectly healthy because she has grown an inch and has gained a couple of pounds. The dr said that she is doing wonderful. I honestly am so excited about being able to be in her life. She is going to be so spoiled rotten.

She already has a beautiful smile. She also has a picture of her holding her rattle by herself..no joke!! i'll have to get it and post it!!!