Being Thankful in 2012

Today we are destined to be thankful for our friends and family and all of the great people that God has blessed us with. God placed us on this earth to give back and do His work. Today even though the food is great and the family time is wonderful we ask you to take the time to be thankful for what God has given you and take your time to give back to those less fortunate than yourselves. Do not focus on the family that you may not agree with and take the time to appreciate that God blessed you the opportunity to be with them. Today even though God has chosen to take some of our closest family members to His better place; today we are thankful to be alive and to focus on the positive things that God has blessed us with. Thankful for our loving husbands, family, friends, and the opportunity to see another year.

Take the time out to do something kind for someone else. Thankfully Blessed!!

Happy Thanksgiving to you & yours!!

<3 WAD2

30 x 30 Photo Journal - Day 1

Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.

It's the start of Aquarius season... that means I will not let anyone burst my bubble. I had a good day today; a bit of pampering and shopping, and brunch with the Mr. Supposed to go to a salsa club tonight (knowing I can't salsa AT ALL) but we shall see. Looking forward to 30 days of blogging with my aunty/pseudo sister :-)

<3 Wendy

Today is my mother's birthday and I must say it is always hard to remember her without crying, but I delight in celebrating life and I could not have done that without my lovely niece/pseudo sister!! God has blessed me with many things throughout my life, but I must admit the one thing I am most grateful for is him allowing me a sister that understands all of the kwirkiness that no one else can :) Today began rough I must admit; I woke up in a funk, but with the love of my Wen it has turned into a great day!!!

<3 Audj

The beginning of a great year for WAD2! We are destined to be there for each other through thick and thin, always and forever! Dixon Girls Best In The World!!!

Illegitimate Kids: How would you react?

We are destined to respect and love our family for who they are... but does that include the family that was not conceived in the traditional manner? How should a family react to the idea of another child that was not known until they were older? All of these questions came to me when faced with this same topic. Naturally I love my family... the good, the bad, the rude, the ugly, and as of recently the unknown. So I must start from the beginning... I have a cousin whom is now 13 and I just met this past weekend. He was a child of an uncle whom we (the fam) only found out about after my uncle passed away. This was hard especially for his daughter who felt she knew him so well and that he would have told her about something as serious as a sibling. So as a result, my older cousin, my uncle's first child does not recognize her brother as a sibling and has done nothing to reach out to him. Time has gone by and 10 years later my family has been able to convince my cousin's mother to allow him to come and visit us in the states (he lives in England), and so he came to visit the Georgia fam and I became excited because I love meeting new family members...but then it dawned on me... How does he feel? What does he know? Is my cousin right in her want to ignore his existence? All of these questions came to me and I had to get answers. I have come to my own conclusion after meeting and loving his want to know more and excitement to meet me as well and his eyes light up when you tell him stories about his dad because he was only 3 when he passed away which is also the age I was when my dad passed. At that moment I realized that even though my cousin is somewhat justified in her anger and denial. She should not take it out on her brother because at the end of the day that IS her brother and he did not ask for this craziness. This is my opinion and just one of many... so I decided to ask you all...How would you react? as a cousin, a sibling, a family member, the mistress/other woman, the wife...how would you react to finding out about an illegitimate child? and is your reaction correct? Is it okay to ignore and deny him his family? Are we wrong for embracing and wanting to get to know him and vice versa? The ultimate question...what would you do if you were the wife and your husband had another child out of wedlock?

Food for thought!

♥ Audj